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pios iroikos anttrais re malaka kolokoumouna, oute o kastro den ton eithele, enas psixros dolofonos xeiroteros apo ton Stalin re malaka kolokoumouna,,,ai sto dialo me ta filarakia sas gamw tin manna pou sas genise...psolospermata.... auta efxaristw pou me akousate !!
By: | Sep 27, 2013 | Report Comment
haha don't you have anything bteetr to do than make crappy anti-ron paul videos? OSHA is just more ineffective regulatory government bureaucracy. 40 years of existence and only 12 criminal convictions. wow. what a detterent! did you know that someone has to die from a willfull violation in order to bring about charges?! OSHA is useless! haha you have more brain damage than the guy who got hit in this video if you think OSHA is actually effective. it's just more tax dollars wasted for bigger gov.
By: | Feb 13, 2013 | Report Comment
Craig C-EDecember 7, 2011 at 6:27 pmJUST discovered you that's the power of siaocl media, to create e-neural networks!Neuro-biology (and siaocl perception) is your bailiwick, so I want to throw some ideas at you for input:1) the political divide isn't really left vs right it's selection-of-the-fittest thinking vs. strengthening of the collective. In your video you talk about the connectivity between the neo cortex and the limbic system and how it's a tad one-sided. The instinctual, emotional behaviour that stems from the our older brain are reflective of countless other species. Territoriality, dominance models, fight-or-flight, etc. All this reactive behaviour, of course, is triggered by neuro-chemistry infusions or level modifications of cortisol, testosterone, seratonin, whatever. This isn't much different than how a cup of coffee or a beer impacts our cognitive abilities. In the natural world, these behaviours SHOULD be our default you want to react quickly to threats and opportunities. In our complex siaocl structures, however, these are behaviours that are frequently long-term detrimental. Of course, our society has developed in complexity far faster than our brains have.As I understand it, the pre-frontal cortex is all executive function, planning, etc. with a strong leaning towards pro-social behaviours (altruism as the best form of selfishness). Studies have been done on ecstatic religious experiences and dopamine. It's a given that there's something a little delusional about all politicians, otherwise they wouldn't have gotten into the business in the first place. There's a link between proactive behaviour and the more recent additions to our grey matter.The communication gap between political ideologies is reflected through study what if these are completely reflective of brain activity, which of course is impacted by factors as varied as genes, diet and the external environment? Some people are born miserable and stay that way no matter what. Some people are perpetually sunny, no matter what life throws at them. The majority will have perspectives that shift based on experience; people tend to become more conservative as they get older, for instance. If we put what we know about brain development, neuro-chemistry and genetics together, can we create opportunities for people to understand and overcome prejudices or challenges just as they learn to overcome fear of the dark? Sort of CBT for a broader audience? Social-Emotional Learning and critical thinking programs are highly successful in fostering capable students who achieve higher success rates and greater quality-of-life. Informed or not, these influences are going to impact us regardless.2) Social evolution as having developed a parallel track to biological evolutionYou have talked about antibiotic resistant viruses; as a society, we have sped up the disease-combative process that evolution (I've just read The Red Queen) is supposed to undertake biologically. Add to that everything from asthma treatment to eye wear, cancer treatment and in-vitro insemination, people are not really limited by the rules of biological evolution any more. Our siaocl institutions and our technological advances (courtesy of understanding through science) have allowed us to domesticate ourselves, gaining greater control over our long-term fate but an increased need to proactively manage ourselves in the short and medium term. If ideology is biology, then society is stuck in a conflict between selection-of-the-fittest and strengthening-the-collective thinking. Those looking at a selection-of-the-fittest model, from whatever institution, are trying to apply their beliefs to a constantly evolving reality. When is a person a person was never an issue, for instance, before science allowed for a better understanding of the pre-natal process. That's a lot of time and effort being put into dealing with cognitive dissonance that could be used more fruitfully. Selectionists are trying to get ahead at the expense of the disenfranchised, but the disenfranchised aren't going away. In fact, in pure genetics, they tend to be more successful in being selected for mass reproduction than the elite few at the top. A rich man can still get run over by a poor person who's turned to alcoholism to mask their woes; Wall Street suits can catch a virus from a street person. Don't even start me on how the triggers that lead to revolutions. The advantages of the top-down siaocl model are truly wearing thin.The instincts that get people ahead in a selfish way (dominance model) are being impacted by the need to be pro-social to get ahead in an increasingly inter-connected, co-dependent world. You want to minimize threats not by eliminating people. Networking is all about adding more people to your loop, not getting rid of potential competitors. Individuals and institutions benefit by strengthening people, fostering and harnessing new ideas, establishing new markets. Corporate altruism and horizontal integration is on the rise.3) Mental illness/learning disabilities are the new left-handedness There are long lists of political leaders, business leaders, innovators, artists all outliers with what are identified as mental illnesses or learning disabilities. No psychologist I have spoken to believes there's such thing as an abnormal brain. In spite of everything we know, we still stigmatize and isolate those seen as mentally ill or disabled. BECAUSE we're traditionally using our amygdala, etc. to identify and perceive threats, because we're looking for stability and working within dominance models, anything that is challenging is put down to a threat and treated as such.It is understood that someone with epilepsy, or diabetes, or asthma, or arthritis can live fulfilled lives; they need some training and accommodations to a different degree than others, but they can live and function like anyone else. Understanding and building accommodations often lead to spin-off benefits, my favourite example being Alexander Graham Bell's telephone being an offshoot of his efforts to address a relatives deafness. We get workplace wellness; we get accommodating classrooms for the deaf or wheel-chair bound. Ergonomics improves productivity and reduces workplace absenteeism. Mental illness (depression and anxiety) are the number one cause of workplace absenteeism, but what are we doing about cognitive workplace design? What COULD we do?Creativity and connectivity allow for innovation to happen. These are cognitive functions that are tied to the same areas of the brain that are seen to be functioning abnormally in certain mental illnesses. Our siaocl structures are clearly suffering from fatigue; political leaders struggle with spending too little or not enough in the face of resource challenges, lacking the tools to rejig the system to reflect the modern reality. Those sorts of solutions require a lot of creativity and idea-sharing, something that is challenged in times of stress where limbic-based thinking is replied on more than ever.What if we're not only trying to solve the wrong problem, but actively suppressing potential solutions? Can education systems, workplace design, etc be re-jigged to help foster the full potential of people with exceptionalities? The solutions we need might be out there, but we aren't hearing them because of how they're packaged. 4) Stigma is natural, but it can be overcomeRacism, homophobia, classism; all can be traced to basic fight-or-flight. If you are on a subway and a group of teens is acting out, you'll feel uncomfortable and blame them for being ill-mannered or whatever. Replace the group of teens with one person exhibiting a mental illness, the feeling and reaction will be same only the justification changes. The same holds true for seeing someone with leprosy or a burn victim; regardless of whether a real threat is present or not, your body still reacts by pumping some cortisol to keep you on edge and ready.We KNOW we can overcome fear of the dark through experience; public speaking equally gets easier the more you do it. You can learn to understand and control your feelings, realizing the potential benefits of the things you previously tried to keep at bay. Because we don't look at racism or sexism or homophobia or stigma of mental health as an INTERNAL thing rather, as a natural response to an EXTERNAL reality we try to destroy, remove or ignore that which makes us uncomfortable. Knowledge, training and critical thinking are tonics for our siaocl ailments; we just need to shift our perspective to get there.Love to read your thoughts!
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