RE: Atheism and the meaning of life - what drives you?
October 26, 2021 at 2:24 pm
(This post was last modified: October 26, 2021 at 2:29 pm by Spongebob.)
@brewer
How about letting me try to explain this another way. And before you leap into insults, please understand that I'm not directing this at you, personally, Brewer. But, being human, I see no reason for you to be exempt from this type of common human psychology.
The brain or mind has a center or balance point. When you are put into a situation where you are uncomfortable, stress and anxiety is the result and this is not a place the brain or the body likes to be in. As a result, the brain plays tricks to keep you from getting into that state. One of those tricks is to reinforce whatever pleasantness you experience in what you might consider a feedback loop. If you are eating some ice cream and it's not just awful, then you may feel emotions of pleasure. The brain reinforces these feelings to make the experience even better and the result is that you experience satisfaction with the fact that you chose this particular flavor and thus did not waste your money. This kind of feedback goes on in all of our experiences and we have very little control over it. I'm sure with practice and patience we can become aware of such brain activity, but I'm not sure we can ever take full control of it. Research has shown that this extends to just about every activity that we engage in, including our choice of spouse, which I suppose accounts for people liking a spouse that others find incredibly unlikeable (like my bro in law).
This is the extent of what I was telling you. So surely you can see there's nothing personal in this discussion despite the fact that I use the word "you" a few times. It's not uncommon to do this when explaining something. I might say to a person who asks for directions by saying, "Well, you turn left on Broad street, then you go four miles..." So what do "you" think? Is there really a reason to be offended by this?
I really see no reason for this, but it's incredibly immature.
I have no interest in engaging in any PM's regarding this, as I have taken extreme steps to explain that no offense was intended. If I wanted to, I could have let loose plenty of return insults but that does no one any good. He has to figure out how to calm himself down.
How about letting me try to explain this another way. And before you leap into insults, please understand that I'm not directing this at you, personally, Brewer. But, being human, I see no reason for you to be exempt from this type of common human psychology.
The brain or mind has a center or balance point. When you are put into a situation where you are uncomfortable, stress and anxiety is the result and this is not a place the brain or the body likes to be in. As a result, the brain plays tricks to keep you from getting into that state. One of those tricks is to reinforce whatever pleasantness you experience in what you might consider a feedback loop. If you are eating some ice cream and it's not just awful, then you may feel emotions of pleasure. The brain reinforces these feelings to make the experience even better and the result is that you experience satisfaction with the fact that you chose this particular flavor and thus did not waste your money. This kind of feedback goes on in all of our experiences and we have very little control over it. I'm sure with practice and patience we can become aware of such brain activity, but I'm not sure we can ever take full control of it. Research has shown that this extends to just about every activity that we engage in, including our choice of spouse, which I suppose accounts for people liking a spouse that others find incredibly unlikeable (like my bro in law).
This is the extent of what I was telling you. So surely you can see there's nothing personal in this discussion despite the fact that I use the word "you" a few times. It's not uncommon to do this when explaining something. I might say to a person who asks for directions by saying, "Well, you turn left on Broad street, then you go four miles..." So what do "you" think? Is there really a reason to be offended by this?
(October 26, 2021 at 2:22 pm)brewer Wrote:(October 26, 2021 at 2:21 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: @Spongebob & @brewer, I am not taking sides because I really don't care about any alleged offenses but rather the topic. Please, PM each other.
You can piss off also.
I really see no reason for this, but it's incredibly immature.
(October 26, 2021 at 2:21 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: @Spongebob & @brewer, I am not taking sides because I really don't care about any alleged offenses but rather the topic. Please, PM each other.
I have no interest in engaging in any PM's regarding this, as I have taken extreme steps to explain that no offense was intended. If I wanted to, I could have let loose plenty of return insults but that does no one any good. He has to figure out how to calm himself down.
Why is it so?
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~Julius Sumner Miller
