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Categorization without Segregation

Submitted by Terrible2s on Sun, 09/20/2009 - 6:35pm.

Categorization:

-allows quicks responses to viewing unknown entities.

-organizes

-facilitates communication

-facilitates imagination

 =good?

Life is pretty complicated. Do we categorize to simplify? To stop our minds from wondering about exceptions? I basically think that we need some categories but not all. Many would argue that we can't get caught up in stereotypes and categories and that these things only hold us back as a people. I think life would get a little too complicated without categorization but that we need those people to remind us sometimes that we can't be too rigid in our separating. 

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