tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post5634728251794109958..comments2024-03-20T03:33:22.357-07:00Comments on Skeptophilia: Easy fiction vs. hard scienceGordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-26117052981799048312013-04-24T15:49:18.282-07:002013-04-24T15:49:18.282-07:00Absolutely... but then that thought correlates to ...Absolutely... but then that thought correlates to another. How many know, in their heart of hearts, that this is total nonsense?<br /><br />What I get stuck on is not the concept, but the actualizing of it. A person could spend 6 hours a day, 30 hours per week, 1,560 hours per year, engaging in made-up, flowery-language filled rhetoric and gestures, all the while being aware that it's just a charade. <br />Employing empathy and trying to imagine what "walking a mile in their shoes" would be like... blows my mind.<br /><br />Penn Gillette has a great segment from the Youtube channel "BigThink" where he discusses "ego exhaustion." He was referring to his stint on "Celebrity Apprentice." He described observing himself and the other contestants starting to crack at the end of long days spent shooting the production. It was his opinion that composing oneself, such as a person does when bright lights and cameras are on them, takes a toll on the human psyche. There is stress involved will presenting oneself in a specific way, and after awhile, Penn noticed how the contestants started to become more irrational or short tempered as the day went on. It wasn't that they were physically or even emotionally tired. Their conscience was tired.<br /><br />When people are being observed, they alter the way they behave and have to think before they act. This take s a toll on people. Gordon, you must know this concept quite well!<br /><br />But to apply this to a psychic, for instance...<br />Keeping up the pretenses, acting all mystical and woo-woo day in and day out. <br />A client is in your waiting room and you're in front of the mirror, putting on your silly hat and preparing to part the beaded curtain and greet them. To have someone analyze you, what you're doing, saying... keeping the woo-woo babble convincing, etc.<br /><br />I'd rather shovel cow shit all day for minimum wage.<br />People mystify me.Hontseur Thotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799765178908406877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-22372621889044973322013-04-24T13:04:46.525-07:002013-04-24T13:04:46.525-07:00Because say "I'm channeling the Great Chi...Because say "I'm channeling the Great Chicken Spirit" is not a good way to bilk money out of customers.Gordon Bonnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-10798814355387350032013-04-24T12:05:03.641-07:002013-04-24T12:05:03.641-07:00Why is it always a "majestic" creature? ...Why is it always a "majestic" creature? Why not a chicken or a hamster?<br /><br />Hontseur Thotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799765178908406877noreply@blogger.com