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I had the same reaction after reading the article. I have a feeling we're in for more and more of this sort of "meta" research, which leads to more and more mea
by robotkdick 8y ago
I had the same reaction after reading the article. I have a feeling we're in for more and more of this sort of "meta" research, which leads to more and more meaninglessness.
It feels like something out of a Kafka or Orwell or PK Dick novel.
Next up: compassion training!
- sudouser 8y agothe three stigmata of mark zuckerberg’s big brother’s soma
- Jarwain 8y agoFunnily enough, once upon a time, I attended something called 'Gratitude Training'
- phyller 8y agoIronic that the first step in making someone more honest is, apparently, to lie to them. I guess we need to keep at least one liar around to make the rest of us more virtuous.
- DoctorOetker 8y agoconservation of hypocrisy?
- andrei_says_ 8y agoI do teach compassion. Mainly to people who need it in their relationship with themselves and their children. It has a lot to do with un-teaching (self-)oppression and habitual cruelty. It’s a wonderful superpower I have, limited by the fact that I can only teach it to someone whose request is sincere.
- AlexB138 8y agoI'm curious what your credentials are. That seems like a very specific profession.
- andrei_says_ 8y agoI am a certified nonviolent parenting educator. Through the years my practice has expanded beyond parenting. I work mainly one on one, with one’s current situation and challenges.
- robotkdick 8y agoMy comment was a joke based on mass requirement through social pressure of people to self-oppress as presented in novels such as "1984." Phillip K. Dick also described a machine in "Do Robots Dream of Electric Sheep," which injected the right chemicals to emulate emotional predispositions, such as compassion. That said, I'm certain your one-on-one training is very helpful to those with an open heart and mind. My brother had to go to AA after drinking and beating his son. The whole time he complained, and I couldn't help thinking to myself, who beats their child and cannot muster up enough compassion to admit they were wrong. He was later diagnosed as manic, and I've noticed he also demonstrates a predilection for self-cruelty (per your comment). He works at Oracle (for example). No disrespect meant to people who work at Oracle, but I've heard it's not a very easy-going place to work.
- Simon_says 8y agoIf I worked at Oracle, I'd drink myself to death, too.
- jexah 8y agoNot sure why you're getting down voted, it gave me a chuckle. Clearly the humour is lost on the HN crowd.
- sctb 8y agoThis site is about gratifying intellectual curiosity, not gratifying the part that derives pleasure from seeing that someone else had the same utterly predictable thought.
- jexah 8y agoI didn't think of that particular joke, and I never mentioned up voting (in your words, gratifying). My mind was considering the topic at hand, and I felt the stark change of tone was nice. I like seeing some humour every now and then interspersed in threads. Some get up votes some get down votes, and your reasoning doesn't really explain why, since a common sense of humour surely indicates that lots of people would have thought of the same joke, and thus every funny joke on HN would be down voted?