Fiction writers and literary critics speak of point of view. Social scientists are more likely to discuss perspective. But both of these terms refer to essentially the same construct: the consciousness behind the perception and narration of experience. Each individual’s point of view is unique, and point of view shapes the stories people tell to themselves and to others about themselves and their relationships with their environment. The same event narrated from two different perspectives will produce two different stories.
A change of perspective can expand our perception and reframe our thinking about our experiences. We can all benefit from an occasional change of perspective.
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01/02/2010: Backward and forward, this date is lining up as a rarity
Local News | 01/02/2010: Backward and forward, this date is lining up as a rarity | Seattle Times Newspaper:
The date 01/02/2010 is a palindrome: A rare confluence of month, date and year that reads the same backward as forward.
The last palindrome date was Oct. 2, 2001. But before that, more than six centuries passed since the numerals last aligned on Aug. 31, 1380.
'They are very rare,' said Aziz Inan, a numbers-obsessed professor of electrical engineering at the University of Portland.
Read more about this numbers-obsessed professor here.
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