Comments on: Some lessons I’ve learned to get me through life http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/04/27/some-lessons-ive-learned-to-get-me-through-life/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:07:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Erich Vieth http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/04/27/some-lessons-ive-learned-to-get-me-through-life/#comment-17945 Erich Vieth Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:55:12 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=2514#comment-17945 Mark: Thanks for your caveat. Borysenko is using Yerkes-Dodson in the same popular sense described in Wikipedia, for what that is worth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerkes-Dodson_law When you're ready to post your 1973 dissertation, let me know! Mark: Thanks for your caveat. Borysenko is using Yerkes-Dodson in the same popular sense described in Wikipedia, for what that is worth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerkes-Dodson_law When you’re ready to post your 1973 dissertation, let me know!

]]> By: Mark Hochhauser http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/04/27/some-lessons-ive-learned-to-get-me-through-life/#comment-17940 Mark Hochhauser Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:06:55 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=2514#comment-17940 Imagine my surprise to see you quote the 1908 Yerkes-Dodson Law in your post. I did my 1973 experimental psycholology dissertation on the Yerkes-Dodson Law--and came up with results that contradicted their findings. My advisor and I published the results in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes in 1975, 104(3), 261-269. I haven't read Joan Borysenko's book, so I don't know if she accurately summarized the strengths and weaknesses of that Law, but it's always risky to generalize from 1908 animal behavior to 2001 human behavior. Imagine my surprise to see you quote the 1908 Yerkes-Dodson Law in your post. I did my 1973 experimental psycholology dissertation on the Yerkes-Dodson Law–and came up with results that contradicted their findings. My advisor and I published the results in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes in 1975, 104(3), 261-269. I haven’t read Joan Borysenko’s book, so I don’t know if she accurately summarized the strengths and weaknesses of that Law, but it’s always risky to generalize from 1908 animal behavior to 2001 human behavior.

]]> By: Ben http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/04/27/some-lessons-ive-learned-to-get-me-through-life/#comment-17934 Ben Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:16:14 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=2514#comment-17934 Thanks Erich, your help is appreciated. The part about "love thy enemy" rings true in many different situations, short of actual war. (and maybe even in war?) As someone who plays (and loses) a lot of games, I find it more enjoyable to treat my opponent (enemy) with full respect. Rather than get angry and bitter if they happen to beat me, I (try to) consider that they have given their time and effort and have indeed earned their victory. When I get beat by cheaters, I just consider that on some level, it is a compliment to my skill, that they would require an unfair advantage to beat me. Thanks Erich, your help is appreciated.

The part about “love thy enemy” rings true in many different situations, short of actual war. (and maybe even in war?)

As someone who plays (and loses) a lot of games, I find it more enjoyable to treat my opponent (enemy) with full respect. Rather than get angry and bitter if they happen to beat me, I (try to) consider that they have given their time and effort and have indeed earned their victory. When I get beat by cheaters, I just consider that on some level, it is a compliment to my skill, that they would require an unfair advantage to beat me.

]]> By: Dan Klarmann http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/04/27/some-lessons-ive-learned-to-get-me-through-life/#comment-17930 Dan Klarmann Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:56:16 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=2514#comment-17930 "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." This seems to be the attitude of the Intelligent Design movement. Backlash against <a href="http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/04/18/ben-stein-movie-opens-today/" target="_blank" title="DI: Ben Stein's Movie Opens" rel="nofollow">their latest movie</a> appears to be creating sympathy from those who don't really agree. “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” This seems to be the attitude of the Intelligent Design movement. Backlash against their latest movie appears to be creating sympathy from those who don’t really agree.

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