there is no reason for the worm to suffer unnecessarily.
however, i also will use them to fish--as it has a purpose.
in my youth, i saw many boys torturing polywogs, frogs, lizards, etc.
i once fought 3 boys simultaneously for killing
lizards...............i won, but barely, as one was choking the shit
out of me........i kicked the one kid off the cliffside.
like i said..........it is good to be a somewhat educated older adult
now.............as i detest violence, even tho i have been in its
midst more than i desired.............
i dont know how many times i put myself in harms way, removing
freshman from the trashcans at my high school...........i really didnt
give a hoot how many, whether they were our football players, etc
etc.............
glad those days are gone.
:)
On May 22, 12:20 pm, Pontus Granström <lepon...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I brought this empathy issue up in another thread, it seems that more
> PFC activity (more recent cognition) is associated with more empathy.
> Empathy is also a fairly new trait. We see people who lack empathy all
> the time, people who bully or treat various "dysfunctional
> individuals/mentally sick/drug abusers" as they were not human but
> some sort of zombies. I really hate this. People who use their
> "reptile brain" a bit too much. For example
> when I see a mentally sick person I do not think that that person has
> decided to become "crazy" but I rather see a scientific explanation,
> something is "broken" in the brain. No one would harass a person who
> has broken his leg, but when it comes to mental disorders we are still
> left in 15th century I am afraid. Mentally sick are some sort of
> amusement that we can talk trash about, that's not a sign of
> intelligence.
>
> On 5/22/11, moe <lindasmit...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> > I think empathy correlates significantly with IQ all the way to the
> > top. People of extremely high intelligence seem to have a strong
> > sense of humanity.
>
> > Despite all of the n-backing I've done in the past I'm still somewhat
> > of a rat bastard (my step dad constantly accuses me of being
> > judgemental). As a teenager sociopathic people made my life a living
> > hell and this is why I'm still somewhat of a bitter individual. If
> > someone were to inflict harm upon me I'd probably beat the living crap
> > out of them. The fact that I'd do this probably reinforces the fact
> > that I'm probably not as intelligent as I've led myself to believe.
> > Or maybe I am of high intelligence but just have poor PFC function.
>
> > On May 22, 12:02 pm, brain train <brain.train...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> i believe TNB would better help develop 'divided attention' as compared to
> >> DNB.
> >> 'divided attention' is a different aspect of attention- some people may
> >> have
> >> enough of 'undivided attention' capability, yet may be very poor at
> >> 'divided
> >> attention'.
>
> >> divided attention seems to be more resource hungry activity and i expect
> >> it
> >> to lead to overall increase in attention capacity.
>
> >> Regarding increase in empathy :
> >> i am surprised that you guys are also seeing increase in empathy and
> >> relating it to dnb/tnb.
> >> i have been doing just DNB (for 2-3 months). i have also observed that i
> >> feel emotions much more strongly and in greater intensity while reading or
> >> narating a touchy story... to the point that voice chokes!
> >> However, i believe this is a symptom of a weaker PFC.. as PFC's role is
> >> also
> >> to monitor and moderate/control the emotions.. what do you say?
>
> >> On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 8:38 PM, whoisbambam <smath...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Hoobler,
>
> >> > there is no 'evidence' that longer 'runs' than 1hour are more
> >> > beneficial.
>
> >> > logically, it makes sense that it would.
>
> >> > we know this: doing brainworkshop day after day after day produces
> >> > benefit as it requires a consilidation (proper sleep) period in order
> >> > to 'improve' substantially for most.
>
> >> > what one risks is wasting time, as there is no study saying that doing
> >> > dnb 4hrs a day is substantially better than 1hr a day.
>
> >> > I do believe, and it is just an opinion, that 1hr a day is better than
> >> > just '20 sessions'.
>
> >> > where this 'sweet spot' is, remains elusive.
>
> >> > many in this forum think that the more dnb you do in a given day, the
> >> > more working memory you are exercising and improving.
>
> >> > Likeprestige in particular..........
>
> >> > but then somebody like Gwern will tell you about the balance of
> >> > things, cost-benefit ratios if you will.........a wise point of view.
>
> >> > this was an answer to an email, btw, which was said to already have
> >> > been answered, but i couldnt find where.........
>
> >> > On May 21, 3:14 pm, Hoobler <whhoob...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > > Hi, all. I've been reading this list for at least a two years, but
> >> > > this is my first posting; since this Google Group has provided me with
> >> > > far more and far better information, hints, tips, leads, etc. than any
> >> > > other source--e.g. books I found on my own, talking to more or less
> >> > > expensive experts (nutritionists, psychologists, and other sorts of
> >> > > self-improvement gurus), I thought that, in my first posting, I should
> >> > > first say "thanks" to everyone who posts here. You are a curious and
> >> > > ambitious and open-minded bunch of people, it seems to me.
>
> >> > > At the moment, my main question is this: Does anyone think that or has
> >> > > anyone had experiences that indicate that the more parallel (triple/
> >> > > quad) forms of n-back are better for *humanities* people than DNB?
>
> >> > > More specifically: I am an advanced student of the humanities, and I
> >> > > am actually preparing for my oral examination at the moment. Any tips
> >> > > specifically pertaining to studying for a graduate school oral
> >> > > examination would be very greatly appreciated...I am already reading,
> >> > > and practicing techniques from, a mnemonics books that someone in this
> >> > > group recommended...
>
> >> > > I trained DNB on line for about a year and a half and experienced some
> >> > > gains. I think that I don't appreciate them much any more because, as
> >> > > it seems, I consolidated them a long time ago and haven't noticed
> >> > > additional improvement for a long time--until I started doing *triple*
> >> > > n-back recently on Brain Workshop. The speed-changing and parallel
> >> > > aspect of it seem much, much more "to the point" for me...I would say
> >> > > that I couldn't say for sure whether I really am actually a better
> >> > > scholar/philosopher/critic because of my recent TNB training--at least
> >> > > not yet, but get this: my thoughts *feel* more organized a lot of the
> >> > > time...This will sound weird, but I've learned to trust myself about
> >> > > these things: I think that in some weird way I "see" the blinking n-
> >> > > back board in my head interwoven with my thoughts somehow...I may also
> >> > > have been seeing brighter colors in my dreams...But, in any case, I
> >> > > have *definitely* had the sense that my thoughts are somehow more
> >> > > organized even if, objectively, my ideas aren't better...It's fun for
> >> > > me at least to feel things "clicking" inwardly a little
> >> > > differently...But to return to my question: humanities people: what do
> >> > > you think? (By the way,--well, as you can tell simply from my being a
> >> > > follower of this group, I'm obviously also very much interested in
> >> > > logic and science, but my vocation is in the humanities...)
>
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