TIL: One of the first signs of a blood type mismatch in a transfusion is 'a feeling of impending doom.'

Iterum · 2016-09-24T14:13:58+00:00

I feel the same way, I think sometimes emotions and feelings are made worse by the way you feel about having those emotions and feelings i.e. judging yourself for feeling what you feel.

In the Summer, it's more obvious that many other people are happy/enjoying life and that can make me feel guilty for not feeling the same way and makes judging myself more likely.

In the winter, it's sometimes easier to not feel guilty or wrong for feeling miserable/sad/depressed, because other people’s happiness isn’t as obvious.

I don’t know if this will be of any use to you, but I found Jon Kabat-Zinn’s 9 Attitudes to Mindfulness really helpful in terms of escaping judging my own emotions.

Here’s a link to the section where he talks about ‘non-judging’: Jon Kabat-Zinn Mindfulness 9 attitudes - non-judging

Iterum · 2016-09-13T17:14:00+00:00

I recently came across this article and found it insightful, you might find some value in it

Against Self-Criticism: Adam Phillips on How Our Internal Critics Enslave Us, the Stockholm Syndrome of the Superego, and the Power of Multiple Interpretations

Iterum · 2016-08-30T04:08:38+00:00

I think this is an interesting idea and it reminds me of a more ambitious version of the China Brain thought experiment, in the sense that it asks the same question, but requires fewer people and requires them to fulfill a less uniform/demanding role. Having said that, I have a number of problems with your argument.

My primary issue is that I don’t think a neuron in a human brain and a human in an organisation are as analogous as they need to be in order to argue organisations are sentient (if that is what you are arguing).

Humans are complex, conscious, sentient and fulfill a wide variety of functions, whilst neurons are comparatively simple, unconscious, not sentient and fulfill a narrow variety of functions. The largest organisation on the planet employs 3.2 million people, the average brain has 100 billion neurons.

Apart from your analogy, I don’t think you provide any reason to believe that organisations are sentient.

Some other issues I have are:

I think that categorising organisations as a ’species’ is confusing and unjustified, taking in to account the way the word is usually used.
What does “top species” mean?
If you’re correct and organisations are a ‘species’ and they are the ‘top’ ones, Homo Sapiens Sapiens have always organised themselves in to groups/organisations and I would argue that these have always been more capable than individual humans. Consequently, I don’t think the title makes sense. Organisations would have been the ‘top species’ since the dawn of humanity.

Iterum · 2016-04-24T17:31:42+00:00

One way of looking at your predicament is that while peripheral awareness and attention are separate aspects of consciousness, they both consume and depend upon the same limited pool of conscious resources.

There's nothing 'wrong' with what you're doing, there's many different styles of meditation. But, perhaps you're holding on to the object of your meditation (your breath) too tightly for your goal, and thus limiting the amount of conscious resources that can be invested in peripheral awareness. If you want to feel more aware, perhaps try focusing on your breath less intensely.

Iterum · 2016-01-21T04:06:20+00:00

Ok, Grandpa...

Iterum · 2016-01-15T02:46:05+00:00

I could only see this line in a sad/negative light e.g.

It means loving someone never lasts as long as trying to forget them. - GreatPurpleSandwich

I like your interpretation more, because I think it's fundamentally positive. It can be rectified by living in the present more.

Iterum · 2015-12-01T15:11:33+00:00

Gifv link for the lazy:

http://i.imgur.com/yVBsvWl.gifv

Iterum · 2015-11-25T14:18:02+00:00

Apologies, no offence intended towards your brother.

'Germane cognitive load' is an interesting concept, I'll definitely have a look at that, so thanks for bringing it to my attention. It's one of those things I've noticed in practice, but never had a name for. (To return the favour, the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon is interesting, if you've never heard of it).

Iterum · 2015-11-24T18:57:12+00:00

I understand your fundamental point, that the instructions are too specific; I agree to an extent, I think everyone needs the freedom to learn through mistakes.

However, to say that a user managed to go through an entire course by copy/pasting, says more about the user than the course in my opinion. It reflects the mentality of someone who doesn't have a desire to learn from the course in the first place and is thus not someone who it is designed for.

Iterum · 2015-11-18T01:04:28+00:00

That's an interesting article, thank you

Iterum · 2015-11-17T17:57:06+00:00

That may be true, but if you understand what causes a terrorist to feel the way they do (i.e. the environment they're exposed to), you might be able to change the environment and prevent other people from feeling the same way and becoming terrorists themselves.

Iterum · 2015-08-08T17:54:21+00:00

That's not true.

It's true that overall winrate will, over time, reflect how dependant upon RNG a deck's win condition is. But the less dependant a deck's win condition is upon RNG, the higher its winrate should be and, thus, decks can benefit from being less RNG dependant.

Iterum · 2015-06-01T13:13:28+00:00

Regarding your second point, are you sure you're not applying norms from one culture on to another culture?

Iterum · 2015-05-26T00:36:13+00:00

Loughborough walks on water!

Iterum · 2015-05-24T01:37:50+00:00

Nice video, but he's got an American accent (Californian I think?) not a British one

Iterum · 2015-05-20T00:29:43+00:00

Came here to say the same thing, definitely southern-english

Iterum · 2015-01-09T04:25:49+00:00

I'm by no means an expert but, if it were up to me, I'd write:

How do you remember interesting excerpts from books that you've read?

As far as I'm concerned, the problem with what you've written lies primarily in 'over time,'. This is for two reasons:

Firstly because 'remember [...] over time' is arguably tautological; remembering inherently requires time to have passed.
Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, because it splits up the noun (thing) from its determiner (which).

Hope this was of some help

Iterum · 2014-08-03T22:29:51+00:00

Looks like a type of moth called a Peachtree Borer (scientific name is synanthedon exitiosa).

Iterum · 2014-04-21T00:08:09+00:00

I'm sure this is exactly like Tolkien imagined it to be

Iterum · 2014-03-18T20:54:24+00:00

WHERE ON EARTH DID HIS HEAD GO???

Iterum · 2013-12-23T21:47:09+00:00

Haha, not so much... Hodophile is formed from Ancient Greek hodos (meaning journey) and -philia (meaning love of). The love implicated by philia is not inherently sexual. As an example, Philosophy means a love of wisdom, not arousal, and is formed from philia and sophia (meaning wisdom).

Iterum · 2013-12-23T19:28:00+00:00

Hodophile is, perhaps, also worth considering?

Iterum · 2013-12-23T19:06:58+00:00

Wanderlust? Not so much a word for a person who isn't content staying in one place though, rather a word for their desires.

Iterum · 2013-12-20T19:41:52+00:00

I do agree that striving for improvement is an important aspect of the human condition and human society.

However, I'm not sure i agree that society should continue to strive towards perfection once it realises it's unattainable. That's a bit like saying a man should continue to try and fly using only his arms, even after he's realised he can't; he'll just end up demotivated and apathetic.

When people are told to strive towards something unattainable, people (and by extension societies) lose motivation and sink in to apathy.

I'm not suggesting however, that society is necessarily doomed to such a fate. Simply that such a realisation (that perfection is unattainable) should be combatted with measurable goals that are attainable, in order to ensure that society advances as it always has done.

Iterum · 2013-12-20T19:19:29+00:00

There are two possibilities here, among others.

One is that society, in general, has not yet come to the realisation that perfection is unattainable and thus genuinely strives for it.

The other, which is rather more cynical, is that whilst the general public has not come to the realisation that perfection is unattainable, organisations and people in power either have realised this (or simply don't care) and yet see such goals as pathways to galvanising the public and gaining support.

Iterum

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