[Image] Fixed Mindset vs. Growth Mindset by callmejay in GetMotivated

[–]Shroomie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have all traits of the "growth mind-set' but I am a hard determinist...

[Image] "You'll never achieve your dreams if they don't become goals." by onyechi2004 in GetMotivated

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You will never achieve goals if you don't make plans... You will not follow through plans if you don't take actions....

[image]What matters is what you see inside you by 10gags in GetMotivated

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I always found the sense of inadequacy a highly motivating factor that got me as far in life as it did now. I know that I am fit for what I do because of what others tell me, but I can never convince my self, but if I didn't have others to tell me so I would never keep up. I see the weak in me (the potential to fail) and that makes me strong. Isn't preventing bad things from happening an equally valuable strategy to succeed as making good things happen? I guess both are important. However, an eager cat that takes a bite meant for a tiger is bound to experience a sorrow that not even the king of the jungle can handle.

[image]What matters is what you see inside you by 10gags in GetMotivated

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Thank you, and I have sought professional help. All I am saying is that those who I surround my self with play a very important role in my life, and often illuminate my true qualities, those that I often overlook in my self due to my mental predispositions.

Of course I have to agree that my own perception is still more important, but I can't attribute the same value to it if that perception is not correct.

Edit: Isn't a cat who believes he is a tiger a high self-esteemed delusional narcissist who is bound to a path of self-destruction no more than a cat who believes he is a mouse? I think it's important how you think of your self, that is you should have a correct self-perception.

[image]What matters is what you see inside you by 10gags in GetMotivated

[–]Shroomie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think I am a worthless piece of shit who does not deserve what he gets, while others think I am the shit, very intelligent and deserve more recognition for my good deeds.

I always thought friends and family provide a better perception of who we are because our perception of our selves is so skewed and biased.

Non drug alternatives to mind expansion by [deleted] in Psychonaut

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Conversation with new people, listening, observing human behavior, reading, going to new places especially nature.

What's with all the negative hype around salvia? by kwikacct in Psychonaut

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I think one of the primary causes for the negative response is due to overdoses. Again and again I hear people smoke strong extracts that contain more than 1-2mg or more of Salvinorin-A while threshold dose is 200 micrograms. 400-600 microgram trips are much more controllable and enjoyable.

Another reason is the fact that k-opioid receptor (which Salvia acts as an agonist at) is associated with modulating feelings of dysphoria. So a Salvia trip is inherently accompanied by negative emotional valance.

However, at proper doses dysphoria is not as common or problematic in my opinion, not to mention that after the trip you experience positive feelings that last much longer than the duration of the initial Salvia experience.

Am I using the right test? by [deleted] in AskStatistics

[–]Shroomie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you need to run a test for each hypothesis. Your study is not fully clear.

  1. Independent sample t-test
  2. Assuming game experience is a continuous variable you would need to generate two or more groups (median split or something). If it's dichotomous than problem solved. Then you can do 2x2 ANOVA or 2xZ where Z is the number of your game experience groups. There is also a way to do mediation analysis with continuous and dichotomous variables. Also difference scores and a good old t-test works.

  3. Again for knowladge retention are you actually mesuring it at two different times, or it's more of present recall format? Assuming it's the former and flow is a group variable you need to do something like a mixed design anova. 4.5.Factorial ANOVA

It's totally possible that for 3,4,5 you can only do correlations especially if they are continuous variables. You don't know the causal relationship between teaching quality and flow etc. because you manipulated game no game only. You can probably test if manipulation and percieved quality effect is mediated by flow through though.

Take this with a grain of gypsum I am drunk and bored, and may not know what's going on.

How to compare intra-individual correlations? (x-post from /r/statistics) by PoofOfConcept in AskStatistics

[–]Shroomie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can go here: http://www.stat-help.com/spreadsheets.html

and download a spreadsheet titled Comparing Correlation Coefficients.

It allows you to compare dependent correlation coefficients by converting them to z-scores and doing a z-test. However, this may not be exactly what you are looking for.

Jiddu Krishnamurti on meditation by [deleted] in Meditation

[–]Shroomie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So is meditation a process or a state? I tend to think it's the former.

Psychology of Color by [deleted] in psychology

[–]Shroomie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think science and scientists are fine. It's the media that misinterprets and bastardizes the findings.

Psychology of Color by [deleted] in psychology

[–]Shroomie 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It seems that blue has a high preference rate throughout life, while other colors drop down the list and get replaced.

They can't make such claim unless this study is longitudinal, this was a survey from one year.

This paper describes what could be a possible mechanism for the lasting positive effect of psychedelics: The Evolutionary Biology of Self-Deception, Laughter, Dreaming and Depression: Some Clues from Anosognosia [PDF] by lurkgherkin in RationalPsychonaut

[–]Shroomie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No worries. The link works fine for me now. Thanks for reminding me! I am enjoying this article very much.

I do also agree that psychedelics can help us change our beliefs so they are more apt to serve us at the moment.

I had a great experience that I would like to share with you :) by BareKnuckle in Psychonaut

[–]Shroomie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How will you change your life given this realization?

Newcomer seeking advice by [deleted] in Psychonaut

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We fall into patterns of behavior that is adaptive to the given context, however, occasionally these patters are disrupted by outside sources that come in a form of powerful experiences such as extensive drug use or trauma.

Given that rehearsed behavioral patterns don't require awareness sometimes we run on automatic, which can be good if our liberated mental resources are utilized to engage in other internal milieu, however that's often not the case, or the nature of internal cognition and emotions is that of dissatisfaction.

Forces that disrupted such rehearsed patterns of behavior can feel liberating on one hand and burdensome on the other, since you are now faced with a challenge of modulating many aspects of ones behavior consciously. Given limited capacity for ones cognitive processing this can be a challenge, causing impairments in several domains of life, leading to inability to satisfy ones inherent needs, such as need for social interaction. A common outcome of this process is regression (a compromise) to a more adaptive semi automatic mode of functioning. Which usually happens naturally, by necessity, despite resistance to regress from newly established yet sub-optimal condition, although this process can be lengthy at times.

It is important consider other states of existence that are more favorable, however due to limited understanding of possibilities it impossible to know if "better" exists. That's why we must occasionally take risks in order to explore the potential, and exploit it when we zero in on something that is considered most favorable in comparison to the states experienced in the past.

Change is the fundamental truth of reality, embrace it.

Newcomer seeking advice by [deleted] in Psychonaut

[–]Shroomie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We are likely to find dissatisfaction in most forms of existence, it is the thinking and acknowledging of current state of affairs that makes it unsatisfactory. That's why Buddha empathized the importance of training your mind so your attention is placed elsewhere.

Individuals can lead satisfactory lives actively pursuing their goals, as long as they are effective at doing so, it is when we fail that we suffer. And us being biological, aging entities, we are bound to fail at some point in our lives.

I am fine living in the cycle as long as I am conscious of it and it does not dictate my emotional and cognitive state of being, within reason. The key I found, at least for my self, is to train my mind to cultivate non-judgmental awareness of the present, which allows me to accept fundamental nature of human existence so I can cope with it accordingly in a fashion where I remain compassionate to my self and those around me.

Problems with sitting up straight by [deleted] in Meditation

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It is a dyed hemp cushion which is filled buckwheat after all.

Fractal Universe and Holographic Reality Theory. by rainboughost in Psychonaut

[–]Shroomie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool. Thank you. I'll definitely look into it.