Comments on: Separate The Face From The Idea: A Discourse On Critical Thinking http://www.theemotionmachine.com/separate-the-face-from-the-idea Psychology and Self Improvement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:47:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Coming Up With A Business Idea | The Emotion Machine http://www.theemotionmachine.com/separate-the-face-from-the-idea/comment-page-1#comment-5531 Coming Up With A Business Idea | The Emotion Machine Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:32:38 +0000 http://www.theemotionmachine.com/?p=8026#comment-5531 [...] always encouraged my readers to be both creative and rational, but it is up to each person to find an appropriate balance (no matter what it is they are trying [...] [...] always encouraged my readers to be both creative and rational, but it is up to each person to find an appropriate balance (no matter what it is they are trying [...]

]]> By: Goal: Become A Professional Writer/Columnist | The Emotion Machine http://www.theemotionmachine.com/separate-the-face-from-the-idea/comment-page-1#comment-4220 Goal: Become A Professional Writer/Columnist | The Emotion Machine Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:40:32 +0000 http://www.theemotionmachine.com/?p=8026#comment-4220 [...] would be wasteful to read hours everyday but to never think critically about the content. I believe contemplation is one of the most important mechanism to human [...] [...] would be wasteful to read hours everyday but to never think critically about the content. I believe contemplation is one of the most important mechanism to human [...]

]]> By: Steven Handel http://www.theemotionmachine.com/separate-the-face-from-the-idea/comment-page-1#comment-3018 Steven Handel Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:14:35 +0000 http://www.theemotionmachine.com/?p=8026#comment-3018 @Eduard - Yes, especially when we are falling for the ideas spouted by a celebrity or politician, we very often project characteristics based on the person's physical appeal, fame, or success. @Kent - I never really studied herd behavior except based on what I have seen in my everyday life. In college I one time peaked through Gustave Le Bon's book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1434100553?ie=UTF8&tag=theemomac-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1434100553">The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind</a> and I remember walking away with a general sense that people often like to connect to a certain tribe mentality. My understanding of language first started with my studying of NLP (about 4 years back now), in particular I liked <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0831400447?ie=UTF8&tag=theemomac-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0831400447">The Structure of Magic: A Book About Language and Therapy</a> by Richard Bandler. Other than that I like reading, philosophy, contemplating, music, movies, and culture, which all combined can give one a really good grasp of language and how people intend to use it. What I would really like to do is learn a second language fluently; I imagine that would give me a whole new layer of understanding the meaning behind words. Also - thank you so much for the compliments and quotes! I look forward to seeing more awesome comments from you in the future. :) @Eduard – Yes, especially when we are falling for the ideas spouted by a celebrity or politician, we very often project characteristics based on the person's physical appeal, fame, or success.

@Kent – I never really studied herd behavior except based on what I have seen in my everyday life. In college I one time peaked through Gustave Le Bon's book The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind and I remember walking away with a general sense that people often like to connect to a certain tribe mentality.

My understanding of language first started with my studying of NLP (about 4 years back now), in particular I liked The Structure of Magic: A Book About Language and Therapy by Richard Bandler. Other than that I like reading, philosophy, contemplating, music, movies, and culture, which all combined can give one a really good grasp of language and how people intend to use it.

What I would really like to do is learn a second language fluently; I imagine that would give me a whole new layer of understanding the meaning behind words.

Also – thank you so much for the compliments and quotes! I look forward to seeing more awesome comments from you in the future. :)

]]> By: Kent @ The Financial http://www.theemotionmachine.com/separate-the-face-from-the-idea/comment-page-1#comment-3017 Kent @ The Financial Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:29:55 +0000 http://www.theemotionmachine.com/?p=8026#comment-3017 I feel fortunate to have stumbled over your blog! After reading only a few posts, I imagine you have studied existentialism, with specific regard to the dangers of conventional thought (herd behavior) and language (universal, fluid, abstract terms). I also imagine that you would agree that an individual, to have a meaningful, purposeful existence, must turn from the crowd and define things for themselves. For example, and in my own profession of financial services, I see countless people following the herd over a cliff, so to speak, by accepting universal, fluid, abstract ideas, such as retirement, financial freedom, wealth, and success, without ever truly defining these things for themselves. Additionally, and to the detriment of many, the abundance and velocity of information only serves as distractions from knowing the self. Knowing is not being. "The crowd is untruth." ~ Soren Kierkegaard "Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man." ~ Martin Heidegger Thanks for provoking thought this morning. I look forward to reading more from you. Cheers, Kent I feel fortunate to have stumbled over your blog! After reading only a few posts, I imagine you have studied existentialism, with specific regard to the dangers of conventional thought (herd behavior) and language (universal, fluid, abstract terms).

I also imagine that you would agree that an individual, to have a meaningful, purposeful existence, must turn from the crowd and define things for themselves.

For example, and in my own profession of financial services, I see countless people following the herd over a cliff, so to speak, by accepting universal, fluid, abstract ideas, such as retirement, financial freedom, wealth, and success, without ever truly defining these things for themselves.

Additionally, and to the detriment of many, the abundance and velocity of information only serves as distractions from knowing the self. Knowing is not being.

"The crowd is untruth." ~ Soren Kierkegaard

"Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man." ~ Martin Heidegger

Thanks for provoking thought this morning. I look forward to reading more from you.

Cheers,

Kent

]]> By: Separate the face from the idea - US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum http://www.theemotionmachine.com/separate-the-face-from-the-idea/comment-page-1#comment-2972 Separate the face from the idea - US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:10:15 +0000 http://www.theemotionmachine.com/?p=8026#comment-2972 [...] the face from the idea How can we as individual think more critically in a society and culture that is designed to [...] [...] the face from the idea How can we as individual think more critically in a society and culture that is designed to [...]

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