Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Todays riveting and hard hitting social commentary
That funny guy Scott Adams blogged the other day about decision making; basically theorizing that people make decisions based only on how many PU (Pleasure Units) they can receive; paraphrasing. He then talks about free will in a later blog, or the lack thereof, postulating that free will does not exist. His example being that science has determined "that people make decisions before the area of the brain responsible for rational thought even gets activated. In other words, you rationalize after the fact while remembering it as if you had made a conscious choice in advance of the action."
Now, I read this after I saw this story about a male bald eagle leaving his mate because another female bald eagle beat her up. Well, technically, he didn't leave the beat upon avian so much as she was taken away by the wildlife rescue people back to their shop for repairs. Then, female eagles being dominant, he was sort of bullied into the sack with the new, more powerful she-hulk eagle.
Now, other than the obvious thought of, how glad you may be that our social society doesn't work like that - I mean, can you imagine? Some super buff chick like China likes you (or your guy) and the next thing you know, you're (or your guy is) her new biznatch. Course, some people may think of that as not a bad deal - this story, along with Scott's hypothesis has me contemplating.....
What should I have for lunch tomorrow?
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Poor eagles.
Pigeons for lunch!
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