you need to look up Freshman syndrome - that's where undergrad when they start learning about abnormal psych suddenly decide this must be happening to them!!!!
Its rather funny to watch. On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 11:56 PM, denstar <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: >> >> Yes. > > I'm not so sure. > > The thing about all this, is that if you know the techniques, they can > be used against those who are using them. > > Like I bet I could make you think I thought all kinds of stuff, for > instance-- but now that you know I know, you'll probably trust the > feedback less, right? > > And that's where things get weird with all this. It's like > cryptography, sorta (um, guess I'll stop here, as the analogy doesn't > get much clearer without a *lot* more typing (if then!) ;]). > > Behavior and psychology courses must just be a riot at times. All > those folk learning the stuff in the same room. "Was that a conscious > thing, made to look unconscious, or was it really unconscious?" and > etc.. The whole problem with tapping enemy lines, sorta (feeding > false info). Hrm. > > I find it pretty interesting that our brains control so much, but most > people don't seem to realize, or maybe appreciate, it. > > Whenever I'm on a heart monitor I can't help but make my heart beat > faster and slower and whatnot. It's pretty cool when you can get the > transitions going fast. :) > > I was going to wax poetic about the definition of "personal" (that > it's not quite like the royal "I", meaning "everyone") and maybe touch > on the oddness of thinking both that "we" are responsible for our own > decisions, *and* that consorting with, say, "criminals" ("bad" people? > ;]) can modify one's perception-- but life is chock-full of > self-contradictions, and it just makes things, ah, little. yellow. > different. better. > > Woohoo! Next I'll be talking about how, many slogans are actually > quite good advice. > > Just do it. > > :DeN > > -- > There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because > the two positions are equally necessary in the world, the one to > complement the other. > Jose Ortega y Gasset > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:312809 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
