tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post5227832968408299134..comments2023-10-19T09:57:32.592-07:00Comments on Sing your own lullaby: How do we make our choices?Mariana Sofferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-83136092442524210762013-05-24T17:53:06.083-07:002013-05-24T17:53:06.083-07:00I've already been on the net now for almost fo...I've already been on the net now for almost four today, and as soon as I ran across blogger.com on http://singyourownlullaby.blogspot.com/, I was very happy to.. Honestly, I think that if more bloggers and siteowners introduced content like your site, the internet would be even more useful than it now is.<br /><br />My homepage <a href="http://serendipitybridal.blogspot.com/2011/07/liz-fields-runway-show-details.html" rel="nofollow">26982</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-20548065871984975532013-05-14T10:42:37.406-07:002013-05-14T10:42:37.406-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-13627846470422045082011-06-10T11:53:30.700-07:002011-06-10T11:53:30.700-07:00Really good post!Really good post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-61249148988307114742011-06-06T13:47:19.949-07:002011-06-06T13:47:19.949-07:00Really good post!Really good post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-55679458023354736112011-06-06T05:52:12.231-07:002011-06-06T05:52:12.231-07:00Nice and thanks!Nice and thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-71137007650094453572011-06-06T03:47:48.487-07:002011-06-06T03:47:48.487-07:00I have never seen better than this site.I have never seen better than this site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-14993202972570525332009-09-30T17:15:09.514-07:002009-09-30T17:15:09.514-07:00Andy Coffey
Thanks a lot dude, you are really nic...Andy Coffey<br /><br />Thanks a lot dude, you are really nice. Do not feel a fool for that, do you know how many days do you need to reed all the scientific material that is published in a single day? Last time I checked it was arround five thousand, so I guess you can never be completelly up to date. But you can have a couple of websites that are good that you can regularely check. <br />There is one I love, that is a radio program you can read or hear, this is if you like neuroscience and cultural stuff, which is called "all in the mind" by natasha mitchell, check it out, is great.<br />Very intersting the sugar thing, I did not have a clue about it, mmm lots of implications starting with the urban myths. Another really intersting subjects the missconceptions of society.<br />I agree about what you say regarding our presumption and a lot about our stress levels, they affect more than we think. We are also pretty suggestionable beings.<br /><br />We are just subjective humans, as you say.<br /><br />Thanks a lot for your great comment.Mariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-34627152839986882612009-09-30T16:34:36.602-07:002009-09-30T16:34:36.602-07:00Mariana,
As always, great and challenging blog. ...Mariana,<br /><br />As always, great and challenging blog. Dan's work and his book is awesome. When Predictably Irrational came out, for some reason my local bookshop didn't get it right away, and I remember feeling for the first time like being a complete jerk since they had no idea who Dan was. <br />I find subjects like this particularly interesting where things like parenting and relationships are concerned. A study was recently done at Indiana University, and the results published, where some researchers showed that sugar does not have the effect of making children "hyper." Every parent I have talked to has violently disagreed. I think a lot of assumptions made based on observation tend to be deeply affected by our presumptions and stress level. By the claims we make on the world: not cold objectivity. We're human.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15840330115866846549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-25069192857902701052009-09-09T21:10:11.440-07:002009-09-09T21:10:11.440-07:00medicatedlady
I agree with what you say, I thought...medicatedlady<br />I agree with what you say, I thought that a couple of month ago , that is one of the reasons I like to know how you cope in this life, and I would like to chat also about what to do with who we are. I would love to have that pill also, but I do not think we are going to be lucky enough to have it discovered during of lifetime.<br />Take care ladyMariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-62010728600680793172009-09-08T20:06:43.302-07:002009-09-08T20:06:43.302-07:00No kidding, dear mariana--we share that same struc...No kidding, dear mariana--we share that same structural weakness (Loved that phrase applied here). Can't wait until they make the "this is the absolute right thing to do" pill. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-88378482682936587962009-09-08T02:16:39.928-07:002009-09-08T02:16:39.928-07:00Saraha
I am glad to know that you often step by.
...Saraha<br />I am glad to know that you often step by.<br /><br />Regarding the thinking I do not know if it is good or bad to do it, it all depends what are you planning to use it for. <br />Maybe you just like it because you enjoy training your thoughts, which is a good reason for excercise your mind. Enjoying is good enough. <br /><br />Your welcome and thank you for stepping by and leaving such a nice comment.Mariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-1153158084651330922009-09-08T02:11:14.887-07:002009-09-08T02:11:14.887-07:00Tc
you made me laugh with you comment, and start s...Tc<br />you made me laugh with you comment, and start singing lets get lost lost in each other's ... which is a great song.<br />I guess you are right it does not exist a correct map that could guide us, we have to figure it out for ourselves and at each different time. There is a nice song here that has a part which says<br />"caminante no hay camino se hace camino al andar", that means "walking man there is not path, the path is done while you walk" which sounds awfull in english but I guess you got the idea of the song.<br /><br />And yes, lets get lost, singing the song.<br /><br />Love to you and to your wifeMariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-44436296531984841202009-09-08T01:18:34.039-07:002009-09-08T01:18:34.039-07:00I pop into this place/your space on and off, even ...I pop into this place/your space on and off, even though I don't leave a comment. I read you and absorb your words. You often make me think and that is a good thing. Something which I do not do enough of. Thanking you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-1974347652601501082009-09-08T01:08:23.496-07:002009-09-08T01:08:23.496-07:00"Our view of reality is like a map with which..."Our view of reality is like a map with which to negotiate the terrain of life. If the map is true and accurate, we will generally know where we are, and if we have decided where we want to go, we will generally know how to get there. If the map is false and inaccurate, we generally will be lost."<br /><br />Mariana,<br /><br />I fear all the maps will finally lead us Nowhere.<br /><br />It's as Chet sang: "Let's get lost..."TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-37825232031296044752009-09-07T20:57:50.084-07:002009-09-07T20:57:50.084-07:00harlequin
If you check my friend geek answered no ...harlequin<br />If you check my friend geek answered no to all of them also.<br />I imagine you change the way you thought in a hard way, by going trouth some complicated situations which made you realize that htings where not indeed how you thought there where. I am just curious about what made you change.<br />It it nice what you say about how you feel now, I am glad for your, you know there is a saying that goes something like "randomness is a kind of hope", and I think it is right.<br /><br />Thanks a lot for stepping byMariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-74610996287577571092009-09-07T20:50:14.189-07:002009-09-07T20:50:14.189-07:00val:
You are so sweet, You really made my day, for...val:<br />You are so sweet, You really made my day, for real. You changed it. <br />And you can not imagine you how much.<br />I am going to check your website<br /><br />Lots of love!Mariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-20362513910732331952009-09-07T20:43:59.807-07:002009-09-07T20:43:59.807-07:00funny-- I said no to all the questions... but that...funny-- I said no to all the questions... but that is mostly because I got in so much trouble years ago believing that a) I was in control of things that I really had no control over and b) that rational, independent " objective " thought was possible <br />hah! no more<br />now, I am happier with indeterminancy and liminality and ambiguity... it makes life intriguing and the mundane world amazing.Harlequinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04964772119118368322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-90572302179363961532009-09-07T20:39:24.995-07:002009-09-07T20:39:24.995-07:00paul:
You are right the one that produces the medi...paul:<br />You are right the one that produces the media we watch is going to make it in a way a it gets benefited from that.<br />Sure we are influentiable people, I was thinking for example that there are many carismatic and reasonable-sounding people that changes how each of one thinks about stuff.<br />I think that our own views are the only thing that can save us in this life.(I wrote this before reading your 4 and 5 paragraph, so I see we think alike).<br /><br />I am not so sure about paragraph 6, I think we know some things, and others not that much, but that we have to search for answers in ourselves, sometimes with the help of the outside word facts. <br /><br />There are many parties intrested in altering our perception of reality, like many companies that want us to belive we can not live a normal life without having microwave, that we will look like kate moss if we buy a pair of calvin jeans, that we will be happy for ever if we dial the number of the company that will provide us with a matching partner for our lives. And a millon more like that.<br /><br />Thanks a lot paul for you great insights.Mariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-46575107795684281442009-09-07T20:26:21.498-07:002009-09-07T20:26:21.498-07:00Jason Gusmann
I love Ballard, he was such an amaz...Jason Gusmann <br />I love Ballard, he was such an amazing writer, thinker, an philosopher. I discovered him when I was youg trough reading his science fiction stuff. And then I started reading his writtings of other kind. It is sad he just died, but he left us with a lot to think about, for example the amazing thought you just wrote in this post.<br />And your words are so right when you refer that to exist in a truthfulll way has became an imposible task, at least that is how it feels for me most of the time.<br /><br />Thanks a lot for your smart comment.Mariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-79583532930149168542009-09-07T20:18:32.757-07:002009-09-07T20:18:32.757-07:00geek
Interesting to be living in a culture like th...geek<br />Interesting to be living in a culture like that, I would love to have that experience, it would feel probably less lonely than in cities like new york or london.<br /><br />Interesting what you say about multitasking, I always thought anyway that what is tiresome for the mind is to be changing among tasks, cause you have to bring the hole new scenario each time you change to a new one. It is less brain consuming to do a lot of only one task. Anyway I think this comment about stress might fit also in an excelent way in my "depression and culture" post, I think I will add it also there, to complete the discussion we already had.<br /><br />Thanks a lot for that really interesting data, and for your kind advice that is really wothy of being payed atention at.<br /><br />Be well man, be really fine.Mariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-34810851421112027542009-09-07T20:08:57.991-07:002009-09-07T20:08:57.991-07:00ted bagley
Thanks for the information, I understan...ted bagley<br />Thanks for the information, I understand it is in the zafu blog, but is it in a post? what is the last roll? you do not have a blog roll? is it the last post? and by the other blog do you refer to d'autre one? Sorry I got confused looking for the info in blogs.<br /><br />But anyway, more than biased, I am probably inconsistent, I can have to different opinions of the same thing at different moments. And this is severelly influenced about how I do feel. <br /><br />Take care ted Good new blog!Mariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-24372963047832153262009-09-07T19:55:06.896-07:002009-09-07T19:55:06.896-07:00d.i.d.
Thanks for your nice compliment about my bl...d.i.d.<br />Thanks for your nice compliment about my blog! it made my day! I have to tell you that I love you comments a lot, and I am happy to have discovered a new aspect of yours that I did not know.<br /><br />I completelly agree about the things you mention being an ilusion. That is the root of the problem (believing there are true and not ilusory) that gives origin to the idea that we are rational decision making beings. Anyway, what is real in this world? who can mention a truth that is for sure true? I do no know.<br /><br />Thanks for your thoughts dear friendMariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-42775240773641668232009-09-07T18:45:22.409-07:002009-09-07T18:45:22.409-07:00d.i.d
mariana, I like all the blog but this articl...d.i.d<br />mariana, I like all the blog but this article about the talking monek a lot!.<br />Not only is the racional being an ilusion, but even the same I is. A cognitive structure under the orders of the self-serving thoughts. We do not understand, we do not know, and the worst is that we belive that we do. The area of marketing is just one example.<br /><br />thanks to otto too for the link to the wired article with martha farah.Mariana Sofferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13351209522681966230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-24325479607876663762009-09-07T17:24:50.384-07:002009-09-07T17:24:50.384-07:00mariana, I've determined that it is long overd...mariana, I've determined that it is long overdue...you are in need of an award to highlight your specialness...I've nominated you for a blog award...go to my blog and see! hugsValhttp://www.valbrussell.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423483613129126051.post-34179814312214469522009-09-07T15:08:33.136-07:002009-09-07T15:08:33.136-07:00I think if we leave our view of reality in the han...I think if we leave our view of reality in the hands of let's say, the media, then of course it's going to be distorted. Advertisers do nothing but sell. In fact all media are in business to make money whether they say so or not. There's no altruism in TV, newspapers, advertising, radio or the movies.<br /><br />Our perception of reality can also be distorted by others and their views of the world. <br /><br />We have our own views too, and good or bad these are what guide us. We can still find our way without a map, it just takes longer. <br /><br />If only we would listen to that inner voice more often, our mind, we would make better choices based on reality, not perceived reality as presented to us by the media. <br /><br />Our minds are there to guide us, to look after our bodies. It's only when we get in the way of that direction that we mess things up.<br /><br />I think we all know what reality is. I think we all know what choices we should make and how to make them. <br /><br />However, there are parties out there who have a vested interest in making sure we make the wrong choices; hence all the misdirection and the attempts to alter our perceptions of reality.paulandrewrussellhttp://www.paulandrewrussell.comnoreply@blogger.com