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Why you should go with your gut feeling

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:39:17 GMT

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clipper's remarks: To uncover this ability, Pessiglione and colleague Chris Frith, of University College London, tested 20 volunteers with a simple game based on winning and losing small amounts of money.

On a computer screen, the volunteers watched an animated abstract pattern which for a couple of tenths of a second included one of three symbols part way through. Unbeknownst to the subjects, the symbols indicated whether they would lose or gain £1 or break even if they accepted the gamble.

Surprisingly, subjects got better at predicting whether they would win or not, eventually plateauing at slightly above chance, strong evidence that volunteers do not consciously notice the symbols but are affected by them nonetheless.

Clip Source: www.newscientist.com

Next time you’re at a blackjack table trying to decide whether to hold or hit, just trust your gut. New research shows that our brains pick up on subliminal signals – a dealer’s tell, for instance – when making risky decisions.

“When you think that you are referring to your intuition, actually you just learn an association between subliminal signals in your context and the outcome of your actions,” says Mathias Pessiglione, a neuroscientist at the Centre for Neuroimaging Research in Paris, France, who led the study.

Doctors and gamblers may be used to trusting their instincts in make-or-break situations, but scientists have had a tough time proving that the brain can learn subconsciously.

Under a functional-MRI brain scanner, the researchers found that the subjects appeared to be basing their subconscious choices on activity in an area of their brains involved in conscious risk-taking – the striatum.

Tags: brain, intuition, sub conscious learning

That 'Friend' May Be a Worm

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:08:32 GMT

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Clip Source: www.washingtonpost.com

If, by chance, you've received a message from a "friend" in the last few days saying that you've been caught on tape, it's not true. Unless you're Paris Hilton.

The worm, called Koobface, turns compromised computers into "zombie" machines that can be used in other types of online attacks. The malicious software may also include keylogger software, which can record a computer user's keystrokes -- and potentially grab passwords when they are entered on a computer.

Alexander Gostev, senior virus analyst at computer security firm Kaspersky Lab, said in a statement that this type of attack could be a successful one for hackers. "Users are very trusting of messages left by 'friends' on social networking sites. So the likelihood of a user clicking on a link like this is very high," he said.

Tags: facebook security

the truth of holding in your emotions

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:55:44 GMT

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clipper's remarks: this is so true of the smart and sensitive kids.
and for boys it is the worst as society seems to say to be a man you can't show any emotion.

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But like so many smart kids, hiding from the pain and anger and fear also insulated me from the compliments and positive things. I knew, all too well, that I had flaws… so compliments seemed to be dishonest ways of insulting me. Love and joy could lure me into being trusting which could open me up to the things I'd spent so much time escaping. And then I could be betrayed and hurt. So I hid from all of it. And like so many men, by the time I'd grown old enough to understand what I had done... the walls built so high and strong to protect me, and the world around me; the only release was more than society would accept. I couldn't break down and cry and I couldn't scream my curses to an empty sky.

PowerMall Debate

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:49:31 GMT

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clipper's remarks: So, my dear friend, forgive me for not heeding your word of warning. Because you see, my family comes first, what kind of person would I be, if I gave my "time" to strangers, when "my family" are the one's needing my "time". I am not selfish and do not want anyone to suffer, I do what I can, for whom I can, whenever the need arises. I will continue to show my concern, and be of help. I will also continue to find the right people who believe that "together, "we can" make a difference in the world we live in". Even if our world only reaches as far as our own back yard...it makes no difference to "Him"..., just as long as we do something.....

Clip Source: www.experienceproject.com

Too Much Negativity In This World

What about "Quality of Life"? That has been such a big issue in the news, though I haven't heard it too much lately. But I think that is true, without money, for the necessities in life, the " Quality of Life" is pretty sorry. How can we change that?

I've searched the entire Internet it seems, for a home based business I could do.

So, everyone is suspicious, doubting, not trusting my intentions.

Comment on this Story

I Googled Ginny Dye, Founder & CEO of My Power Mall (MPM).

Ginny uses people's compassion to help starving children & make the world a better place by opening you own mall. She's just playing on your need to want to do something to make a change.

Give your TIME...that's the most precious gift you can give to those in need!

Here is my reply....

our TIME may be needed in other areas of our lives

Some of us are care givers to an elderly parent, or special needs child,

I'm not a part of any "High Society" who always seem to be the "do gooders "

Tags: marketing, internet, business, free, freedom, finance, online, questions

The End of The Fairy Tale by Ralph Peters

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:59:58 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Putin went to war and the American president went to a basketball game--reinforcing the Kremlin's conviction that it could do as it pleased and get away with it. (Bush's gravest flaw is that he's a dreadful judge of character, stubbornly trusting undeserving men, from Iraqi schemer Ahmed Chalabi, through the incompetent Alberto Gonzales, to Vladimir Putin, who played Bush for a fool.) French president Nicolas Sarkozy, well-intentioned and inadequate [..]

The Putin regime was perfectly willing to let Monsieur le President return to Paris with a signed piece of paper. The Russians have drawn the lesson from Western efforts to negotiate with Iran and other rogue states that Europe can be narcotized with empty agreements and nebulous promises and that Europe has become a continent of bureaucrats who much prefer paperwork to reality. And there are no penalties when the agreements prove worthless.

Clip Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

A specter is haunting Europe-the specter of Putinism. Confronted by a masterful Russian leader without living peer in brilliance or ruthlessness, the continent sorely lacks leadership and a sense of common purpose. In their muddled reactions to the Kremlin's invasion of Georgia, European states revealed a gap in perceptions that threatens to deepen: Those who suffered under the Soviet yoke sense the return of an existential threat, while those who thrived under the Pax Americana are merely annoyed at being disturbed. As Russian troops and their mercenary auxiliaries savaged a free, democratic country yearning Westward, the world got another lesson in how ineffectual Europe is in a crisis without American leadership.

The United States performed no better. Scorned for his aggressive behavior in the past, President Bush spent the first crucial days of the Georgia crisis as a bewildered observer reluctant to recognize the gravity of the problem.

Tags: georgia, president bush, president sarkozy, putin

High childhood IQ linked to antitraditional attitudes in adults

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:46:06 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A study of a large representative sample of the UK population shows that high childhood IQ is correlated with antitraditional (i.e., liberal, mostly) attitudes in adults (described as "antiracist, pro-working women, socially liberal," and democratic).This correlation is independent of gender, occupation and social class. Full PDF at the author's website (http://snipr.com/3ixli).

Clip Source: www3.interscience.wiley.com

Bright Children Become Enlightened Adults

ABSTRACT—We examined the prospective association between general intelligence (g) at age 10 and liberal and antitraditional social attitudes at age 30 in a large (N= 7,070), representative sample of the British population born in 1970. Statistical analyses identified a general latent trait underlying attitudes that are antiracist, pro-working women, socially liberal, and trusting in the democratic political system. There was a strong association between higher g at age 10 and more liberal and antitraditional attitudes at age 30; this association was mediated partly via educational qualifications, but not at all via occupational social class. Very similar results were obtained for men and women. People in less professional occupations—and whose parents had been in less professional occupations—were less trusting of the democratic political system.

Tags: psychology, research, politics, children, science, intelligence, iq

Can We Really Risk Trusting Obama?

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:35:40 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I don't, but...

Clip Source: www.salon.com

Faith

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:06:02 GMT

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Clip Source: www.explorefaith.org

Faith is not the state of believing but the state of trusting in the source that makes faith possible.

Existentialism most wanted a person to be fully present in this moment, to be fully conscious in this moment, and to be fully responsible in this moment. One's essential courage to be comes from the individual's being fully informed and aware about the world and oneself. Being informed becomes the basis of our decision-making, for we know that we must somehow be responsible for how we are in the world and with ourselves.

To be fully human is to find a way to be an individual in participation with the various systems of social organizations in which we live. Essentially, however, the true core of ourselves comes from the experience of being our unique individual self and knowing that the core of this is transcendent of our ego-conscious orientation. It encounters us and demands that we become truly whole and find a way to manifest this in our daily lives in a loving way.

Complex decision? Don't sleep on it

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:09:34 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Since its publication two years ago by a Dutch research team in the journal Science, the earlier finding had been used to encourage decision-makers to make "snap" decisions (for example, in the best-selling book Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell) or to leave complex choices to the powers of unconscious thought ("Sleep on it", Dijksterhuis et al., Science, 2006).

But in the new study, to be published in The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, scientists ran four experiments in which participants were presented with complex decisions and asked to choose the best option immediately ("blink"), after a period of conscious deliberation ("think"), or after a period of distraction ("sleep on it"), which is claimed to encourage "unconscious thought processes".

In all experiments, there was some evidence that conscious deliberation can lead to better choices and little evidence for superiority of choices made "unconsciously".

Clip Source: www.physorg.com

Neither snap judgements nor sleeping on a problem are any better than conscious thinking for making complex decisions, according to new research.

The finding debunks a controversial 2006 research result asserting that unconscious thought is superior for complex decisions, such as buying a house or car.

If anything, the new study suggests that conscious thought leads to better choices.

"Claims that we can make superior 'snap' decisions by trusting intuition or through the 'power' of unconscious thought have received a great deal of attention in the media," says University of New South Wales psychologist, Dr Ben Newell, lead author of the new study.

"At best, these sorts of headlines are misleading," says Dr Newell. "At worst, they're outright dangerous. In stark contrast to claims made by the Dutch research team and in the media, we found very little evidence of the superiority of unconscious thought for complex decisions.

Tags: behavior, decision making, rationality, intuition

Beijing Olympics Not So "Dazzling"

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:47:11 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Last week, Bush met with several Chinese dissidents in Washington, signalling that he would take a hard line on human rights.

That sparked a harsh response from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, which said that Bush had "rudely interfered in China's internal affairs."

Clip Source: www.ibdeditorials.com

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Bush to denounce China's human rights' violations

In an unusual move Wednesday, the White House released an advance copy of Bush's speech, an apparent attempt to counter critics who say the president is being too soft on China and is more interested in being a sports fan at the games.

"I have spoken clearly, candidly, and consistently with China's leaders about our deep concerns over religious freedom and human rights. And I have met repeatedly with Chinese dissidents and religious believers," says Bush's prepared text.

"America stands in firm opposition to China's detention of political dissidents, human rights advocates, and religious activists. We speak out for a free press, freedom of assembly and labour rights, not to antagonize China's leaders, but because trusting its people with greater freedom is the only way for China to develop its full potential."

Bush said the "constructive relationship" between the two countries allows the U.S. to be "honest and direct" with China.

Tags: olympics, beijing, human rights abuses, president bush

Humans' response to risk can be unnecessarily dangerous, study

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:50:55 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The results of Lotem's research may also be used by economists, politicians and psychologists, who need to know when people will take risks, says Prof. Lotem. A wider understanding of this phenomenon can affect business decisions, the economy ― and, hopefully, the number of road accidents in America each year.

Clip Source: www.physorg.com

The traffic light ahead of you is turning yellow. Do you gun the engine and speed through the intersection, trusting that others will wait for their green, or do you slow down and wait your turn?

That depends more on experience than personality, according to new research from Tel Aviv University.

people adopt risk-taking behaviors similar to those of animals like rats and bees.

this behavior, Prof. Lotem and his colleagues say, might not prepare humankind for the modern dangers we face every day –– like crossing the street, accepting a high-risk mortgage, or driving on the freeway.

What we have found is that people make decisions based on what option 'appears' to be better most of the time.

Under conditions in the natural world this would be the best strategy, but in modern life it has nothing do with the real inherent risks

the more complex the risk, the more difficult to predict how people will react.

Tags: behavior, psychology, risk management

World's Worst Human Rights Violator Lashing Out at Fellow Violator

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:13:53 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Has this slithering creature any shame? Each and every international law - each and every human rights violation has been committed by George and his friends. Yet he has the gall to stand on the moral pulpit. Wow. Its like Jack the Ripper lecturing a wife slapper.

Clip Source: english.aljazeera.net

Bush rebukes China on human rights

George Bush issued a blunt rebuke of China's repression of dissidents and called on Beijing to grant its people greater freedom.

Speaking in the Thai capital, Bangkok, on Thursday just hours before heading to Beijing to attend the Olympics opening ceremony, Bush said "America stands in firm opposition to China's detention of political dissidents, human rights advocates and religious activists".

"We speak out for a free press, freedom of assembly, and labour rights not to antagonise China's leaders, but because trusting its people with greater freedom is the only way for China to develop its full potential.

Bush chides China on human rights

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:44:20 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Hypocrite.

Clip Source: www.abc.net.au

Just hours before flying to Beijing for the Olympic Games, US President George W Bush has used some of his bluntest language yet in publicly pressing China to improve its human rights record.

Later, Mr Bush will have lunch with dissidents and former political prisoners, and give an interview to local media that is expected to be broadcast into Burma.

The science of lust

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:26:55 GMT

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clipper's remarks: ' the hormone makes us more trusting, helps overcome "social fear" and is important for bonding".

Clip Source: www.spurdesign.com

Clip Source: www.newscientist.com

Lust is driven by sex hormones such as testosterone, which can go off-kilter too. As can levels of the stress hormone cortisol, and the amphetamine-like chemical phenylethlyamine, increasing excitement.

Other hormones, oxytocin and vasopressin, kick in later and appear to be crucial for forming long-term partnerships. Couples who have been together for several years show increased brain activity associated with these chemicals, when they look at pictures of their partner. Oxytocin is produced when couples have sex and touch, kiss and massage each other - the hormone makes us more trusting, helps overcome "social fear" and is important for bonding.

Brain scans of people in love show that the old adage "love is blind" really is true. While the dopamine reward areas are excited in love, regions linked with negative emotions and critical social judgement switch off.

Trusting teachers

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:27:17 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Val Harrison says that the standards of marking for tests has long been shoddy and calls on government to trust teachers with evaluation

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

When will a government return to the days when teachers were trusted to exercise their professional judgment about the progress of their pupils? Soon, I suspect, when the rotten Sats system collapses under its own weight.
Val Harrison
Birmingham

Tags: uk, sats, targets ans testing, theory x, trust, teachers, control freaks