aaaargh aaargh aaargh
the above is a cracked.com link. I agree with most of cracked.com stories. one of these days I'll collect all the 'i told you so' cracked links and put them up somewhere.
cracked martial arts
plus : steven seagal is trained in aikido. ha. thought so
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Friday, July 23, 2010
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
inception
Chuang Tsu's butterfly is, of course, the base premise of the matrix, shutter island, almost all of Philip K Dick's works ...
Dreams are, I suppose , a different matter.
The 'extraction' brings fond memories of William Gibson's Count Zero
Dreams are, I suppose , a different matter.
The 'extraction' brings fond memories of William Gibson's Count Zero
Monday, July 19, 2010
new music
Listening to Planewalker - Psychic evolution - First Light on the free label Ektoplazm. is awesome.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
gold rat heart jewel
Skinner, automatons, free will
There is Pavlov's classical conditioning, thenthere is Skinner's operant condition.
In this course, as a rat, you will learn to press levers and follow signals and identify symbols on small cardboard squares. You will be rewarded with food and punished with hunger and electric shocks as may be deemed necessary.
As a result of this course you will become a master-lever-operator-light-reader
Operant conditioning
levers and buttons you'll operate
with rewards and punishments
your actions we'll moderate
soon you'll learn to do
what we want you to do
and you'll never want anything else again
Skinner claimed that we humans do things only because we have been conditioned to behave as we do in previous situations. Conditioning is at the level of dopamine secretion, and not at the level of consciousness. Skinner's conclusion was that humans do not have free will, but only have conditioned responses.
I think, what the "Buddha's Brain" people say is that :
behaviours & thinking learned through punishments in operant conditioning are difficult to lose and man suffers much by carrying them around.
new stuff come to light :
kahneman talk on experience vs memory
There is an 'experiencing self' and a 'remembering self'....
hmmm... WAAAOOW !!!
There is Pavlov's classical conditioning, thenthere is Skinner's operant condition.
In this course, as a rat, you will learn to press levers and follow signals and identify symbols on small cardboard squares. You will be rewarded with food and punished with hunger and electric shocks as may be deemed necessary.
As a result of this course you will become a master-lever-operator-light-reader
Operant conditioning
levers and buttons you'll operate
with rewards and punishments
your actions we'll moderate
soon you'll learn to do
what we want you to do
and you'll never want anything else again
Skinner claimed that we humans do things only because we have been conditioned to behave as we do in previous situations. Conditioning is at the level of dopamine secretion, and not at the level of consciousness. Skinner's conclusion was that humans do not have free will, but only have conditioned responses.
I think, what the "Buddha's Brain" people say is that :
behaviours & thinking learned through punishments in operant conditioning are difficult to lose and man suffers much by carrying them around.
new stuff come to light :
kahneman talk on experience vs memory
There is an 'experiencing self' and a 'remembering self'....
hmmm... WAAAOOW !!!
Monday, July 12, 2010
Japan's companies
Japan : Choosing a company
Japan for me represents the most stratified of societies. Hence I'm always interested in studies/commentary on company culture. The linked article has a chart which compares and contrasts various practices and the companies involved.
Japan for me represents the most stratified of societies. Hence I'm always interested in studies/commentary on company culture. The linked article has a chart which compares and contrasts various practices and the companies involved.
Friday, July 02, 2010
this is what we all should do
grow your own food ...
http://nymag.com/print/?/restaurants/features/37273/
http://nymag.com/print/?/restaurants/features/37273/
thomas friedman
Milton Friedman was a respected economist, with credentials.
Thomas Friedman is wrong .
Philip Greenspun and Andy Grove have said so
See also for much fun reading this
Thomas Friedman is wrong .
Philip Greenspun and Andy Grove have said so
See also for much fun reading this
Thursday, July 01, 2010
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