The quest to understand consciousness 12.20.2011

Mr. Antonio Damasio gives an excellent talk on exploring consciousness.

In it he addresses the point: "Enough of the mystery this is a mystery that really has been extremely hard to elucidate.
All the way back into early philosophy and certainly throughout the history of neural science, this has been one mystery that has always resisted elucidation and it's always caused major controversies and there are actually many people who think we should not touch it, just leave it alone, it is not to be solved."

I agree with mr. Damasio when he says "I don't believe that!". This is so true. We are finding out so many interesting things about our brain, consciousness and so many other things regarding our existence. We should not be afraid of this knowledge!

I personally believe that the more we learn about the human body and it's workings the more wonderful it becomes. There is no wonder in a "mystery", only ignorance. True appreciation can only come from understanding. Take away the mysteries, leave and perhaps increase the amazement and wonder!

Why am I the bad guy? 12.08.2011

I get a lot of comments on the way I communicate. That I'm arrogant, stubborn and intentionally confusing. A lot of people tend to think of me as a bad guy or a guy without emotions. Somebody who is set in his way and cannot be shaken or moved from his position, at all. A trickster who plays mind games with other people to make them think the same way he thinks.

This is so not true!

The Emotional and Person Experience 11.30.2011

Emotions are very powerful in influencing peoples decisions. Marketing people understand this. Con-artists understand this. Politicians understand this. The main objective of the 'game' is to stir up a certain emotion in your target so that they will be more receptive to your message. For marketing this means generating a feeling of need by creating emotions that feed that feeling. Feelings like emptiness for example or lust or jealousy. Politicians usually play the "fear" card in hopes of getting people to respond to it by voting on them and their solution "to cure the fear".

Weird censorship 11.28.2011

We've all seen those censored pictures before; A celebrity walks around with half her chest exposed and where the nipple is supposed to be, they've photoshopped a little star. Never mind that you can see every part of her breast clear as day. Being able to trace every curved line with your eyes in detail, but no, that exposed areola, that is too taboo to show.

Dear Movie Companies 11.21.2011

What are you thinking? Seriously. When Mr. Titanic came out with his 3D concept it was kind of fun, but what do we have to do to make you guys realize that putting -every- movie in 3D doesn't attribute something positive to the movie going experience?