tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708423.post6342256053271799046..comments2024-03-27T17:00:28.247+08:00Comments on Maverickysm Blogspot: Human dysfunctionMaverick SMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02871611453372513136noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708423.post-13940526550179928242008-12-11T23:28:00.000+08:002008-12-11T23:28:00.000+08:00And what is meant by a life being meaningful, when...And what is meant by a life being meaningful, when an experience is meaningful to one and perhaps not to another?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708423.post-75887076614409063022008-12-11T23:04:00.000+08:002008-12-11T23:04:00.000+08:00When you are young, the most important choices in ...When you are young, the most important choices in life are made for you. You are born into a society and conditioned thus. Parameters of expected behaviour are reinforced strongly into your mind until you accept them without question. Sometimes the law determines your religion. Your minsets and paradigms are conditioned by your life experiences which are in turn determined by so many forces in your society.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708423.post-77501809768002882252008-12-11T00:53:00.000+08:002008-12-11T00:53:00.000+08:00engkaulah,Life isn't a paradox; life is a choice o...engkaulah,<BR/><BR/>Life isn't a paradox; life is a choice of conditioning ourselves and making it worthwhile and meaningful.Maverick SMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871611453372513136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708423.post-4226674653548045162008-12-09T23:36:00.000+08:002008-12-09T23:36:00.000+08:00Life in our society is a paradox. Education itself...Life in our society is a paradox. Education itself is a paradox. Our minds are conditioned by the social norms of our family and society. We are conditioned to conform and are frowned upon if we do not. Education also sets paradigms and conditions our mindset. Many of such influences are well-intentioned but may not achieve the results they are meant to. Instead they cause a condition that we can only term as human dysfunction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708423.post-20044104544963214872008-12-08T22:21:00.000+08:002008-12-08T22:21:00.000+08:00Jefus,Thanks for the intro to the book. I will get...Jefus,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the intro to the book. I will get one.<BR/><BR/>June.W,<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, the three elements are bonded and existed as core.Maverick SMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871611453372513136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708423.post-13090082057167176592008-12-08T19:45:00.000+08:002008-12-08T19:45:00.000+08:00Fear, in the world we are living, unlikely and sho...Fear, in the world we are living, unlikely and should not be existed. But, I would agreed that it is greed and desire for power are the main motivating forces. And 'religion' has been just a convenient reason for these people to start whatsoever they are fighting for and to blind the eyes of the followers.June.Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16124005585674526619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708423.post-19728001875613591612008-12-08T08:11:00.000+08:002008-12-08T08:11:00.000+08:00For those of us who like to put consciousness to t...<I>For those of us who like to put consciousness to the fore, and who take pride in rationality over mere emotion or prejudice, this slim little volume provides something of a challenge. There's no denying that it's entertaining, and it's written in an engaging and none too serious style, but it packs a punch all the same.<BR/><BR/>In six short chapters Cordelia Fine picks apart at the mighty edifice of the rational brain and, quoting extensively from the research literature, reveals a vain, egotistical, devious, untruthful and bigoted organ. The picture of the mind that emerges has more in common with an unscrupulous populist politician than a fair minded seeker of truth. I'd find this incredibly depressing, but of course having read the book my mind is apt to put aside what it has just learned and is happier to offer me the comforting illusions of reason. Oh well, it's not my fault, for according to the research the mind plays this sort of trick more often than not.<BR/><BR/>Fine writes with a light touch, there's a gentle humour and a peppering of homely anecdotes throughout the book. But the research she draws on is serious enough, and for those who need convincing there are plenty of notes and references to follow up.<BR/><BR/>By the end of the book one could be forgiven for thinking that we are mere dupes of the brain - that consciousness itself is an illusion and that what we think of as reasoning is usually a post-hoc rationalisation of some far deeper process. However, if that is the case then how is it that we can read a book cover to cover? How is that anyone could write a book in the first place? Intention and concentration together are evidence of some process that we can label consciousness. Even if we're still not sure of what's going on deep under the surface, there's still something there.<BR/><BR/>So, despite the lying, the scheming, the clinging on to prejudices and the other vices that our brains are prone to - and which this book does much to shed light on - we shouldn't give up hope that conscious reason itself is a complete illusion.</I> cut from a book review,.....<BR/><BR/>Keywords: Psychology, consciousness, popular science<BR/><BR/>Title: A Mind Of Its Own<BR/><BR/>Author: Cordelia Fine<BR/><BR/>Publisher: Icon Books/WW Norton<BR/><BR/>ISBN: 1840466782/0393062139Jefushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01137180439667237366noreply@blogger.com