It means everything I’d pieced together about people is utterly, utterly wrong, because it assumed that they all valued truth, and understanding
Can’t a person value status and truth and understanding?
Yes, but my anecdotal experience is that people who have both Knowledge AND Status as “terminal” values is fairly rare I’d assume there’s also people who value neither :)
I would think that status-seeking behaviors would be more overt than truth-seeking and thus easier to identify in others.
Data point: I value both.
Can’t a person value status and truth and understanding?
Yes, but my anecdotal experience is that people who have both Knowledge AND Status as “terminal” values is fairly rare I’d assume there’s also people who value neither :)
I would think that status-seeking behaviors would be more overt than truth-seeking and thus easier to identify in others.
Data point: I value both.