Tr1v14l Pursu1ts: Head -> desk, head -> desk, head -> desk...

Maxims, rules of thumb and other observations on human cognition and sociocultural affectations

This will be added to on an irregular basis...

What is said to humans directly is received with skepticism and considered with dubiousness while that which is heard in passing, especially that which most conforms to their mentality or prejudices, is readily believed.
Humans have a certain cognitive latency between exposure to new information or experiences and the ability to think dispassionately and intellectually about it.
Humans have a certain cognitive spectrum starting with the moment of exposure to new information or experiences and ending with some point at which the thing is effectively "in the past" for them.
This cognitive spectrum is linked to the emotional process often referred to as shock, anger, denial and acceptance.
The more and faster information or experiences are presented to people and the closer the quarters and the lesser the distance between people, the more their early reactions in the passionate emotional stage are reflected back to them in the manner of responses to those reactions from others in light of those responses.
The more outrages which are suffered without sufficient time to allow emotional bleed-off, the farther the bar for subsequent reaction and outrage are pushed, and the more further events must progress before reaction and outrage.
It is possible for serious detriments to eventually sit below this threshold for long enough for their damaging effects to build and multiply until their entire society undergoes some reactive convulsion.

Monday, April 12, 2010

Head -> desk, head -> desk, head -> desk...

If I could express how tired I am right now, I would, but I am too tired to express it and still do it proper justice.

Between classes, home repairs and renovations, errands and the usual vagaries of life, I'm beat.

I can't wait till the weather stays stably in the warm and dry range so I can walk in the woods, take nature pictures again, and relax with music on my earphones and my thoughts on my mind. Also, I can't wait to find a filter for my laptop that stops glare from making using it outside on a nice day an exercise in futility.

Seriously, whose idea was it to make every new flat screen so shiny that a sports car enthusiast wants to copy that finish on their ride? Whoever that person was, they should be beaten with a crowbar.