>> :: -----Original Message----- > >I hate to do this, but Sam makes sense. In some round about way. > >/me hides from Larry ... > >I listen to whatever I wish, well, because it's my choice of course. Do I >accept everything I listen to at face value? Absolutely not. I make my own >decision on new items, opinions expressed by others etc, all the time. If I >am really curious and want to see something from all angles, I'll google it >the subject to death to see how many different ways it's written about or >spoken about.
Of course you do, but how is that determined? What you see and believe is coloured or determined by your beliefs and attitudes. You have a set of biases that slant your interpretation of what you see. It works even at the cellular level. Under the right circumstances, just by talking with you, I can have you look at a stationary light and have you perceive it as moving throughout the room. How we think operates on a similar set of mechanisms. So when I get that gut level reaction to something, I immediately question that conclusion. > >I so really see Sam's point. Just because y'all tell me Fox *IS* biased or a >channel is left or right winged, doesn't mean that I can't watch it myself >or read it myself and make my own informed opinion. How much of that informed opinion is subject to subtle manipulation? A lot more than people realize. > >I'm not going to *NOT* read or watch something because someone tells me >"don't bother, it's [insert descriptive political group here]" Exactly. But also be skepical of all sides and look at the data is my philosopy. I look at how things are manipulated. Just by presenting slightly more time to one side than another creates an expectational set with many people. > >We should all be looking at things from each other's shoes, whether they fit >or not. It opens up a different perspective on the world... doesn't mean you >have to keep wearing them. Give em back when you're done :) Also look at how the issues are presented, how much time is spent on one side or another, the presenters etc. What bothers me is how much is this becoming a technology now. For instance advertisers and both political parties are now using SPECT and other brain scanning technologies to better craft their message and to ensure that it becomes dominant. Don't you find that at the very least disturbing. Or are you not bothered by this sort of manipulation. The point is that Brave New World and 1984 had nothing against what we have now for manipulating opinions and voter or consumer behavior. I try and avoid being a manipulated like a puppet. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:260239 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
