Cognitive Dissonance
Jul 7th 2007, 7:15 am
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Cognitive Dissonance
Cognitive Dissonance
Simple posts using, simple language, as an expression of what an individual feels deep inside about a topic, is HONEST and MEANINGFUL COMMUNICATION.
I, like a lot of other contributors on this site, are university educated and we have at times realized that trying to use language at too higher level, inevitably leads to cognitive dissonance, where the reader thinks that they understand the meaning of what has been written, but understands something different. It makes sense to them, but has nothing to do with what the writer is trying to communicate.
This is the Crisis of Modern Language.
When this phenomenon repeatedly occurs in a thread, then I prefer to lead by demonstration and leave the thread, because it has become meaningless. If; people want to continue, because they get other non-intellectual stimuli out of continuing with their one-liners, that’s great. They’re happy!
I am always happy, because I make it my choice to be so. I have been thru 6 years of terrible back pain following a failed operation, so I don’t speak for the sake of speaking, when I say that I choose to be happy. Try it for yourself, or write to me to find out more.(Choosing to be happy that is not the back op.)
I am not looking for people to make me happy in the mundane sense.
I am looking for both to give and to receive intellectual stimulation and a more find profound happiness.
Love to everybody who reads this post and love to everybody who doesn’t.
Grazy
Simple posts using, simple language, as an expression of what an individual feels deep inside about a topic, is HONEST and MEANINGFUL COMMUNICATION.
I, like a lot of other contributors on this site, are university educated and we have at times realized that trying to use language at too higher level, inevitably leads to cognitive dissonance, where the reader thinks that they understand the meaning of what has been written, but understands something different. It makes sense to them, but has nothing to do with what the writer is trying to communicate.
This is the Crisis of Modern Language.
When this phenomenon repeatedly occurs in a thread, then I prefer to lead by demonstration and leave the thread, because it has become meaningless. If; people want to continue, because they get other non-intellectual stimuli out of continuing with their one-liners, that’s great. They’re happy!
I am always happy, because I make it my choice to be so. I have been thru 6 years of terrible back pain following a failed operation, so I don’t speak for the sake of speaking, when I say that I choose to be happy. Try it for yourself, or write to me to find out more.(Choosing to be happy that is not the back op.)
I am not looking for people to make me happy in the mundane sense.
I am looking for both to give and to receive intellectual stimulation and a more find profound happiness.
Love to everybody who reads this post and love to everybody who doesn’t.
Grazy
Last edited by Grazy; Jul 7th 2007 at 7:22 am. Reason: typos
Jul 7th 2007, 7:23 am
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Re: Cognitive Dissonance
and this is in the Spain section rather than the Lounge or even Siesta Time...................................because?
Jul 7th 2007, 7:31 am
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Re: Cognitive Dissonance
Dont know about "grazy" more like "crazy"!! Uni education aint that hard anyway and remember "there is many an educated delinquent" !!!
Jul 7th 2007, 7:37 am
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Re: Cognitive Dissonance
Cognitive Dissonance
Simple posts using, simple language, as an expression of what an individual feels deep inside about a topic, is HONEST and MEANINGFUL COMMUNICATION.
I, like a lot of other contributors on this site, are university educated and we have at times realized that trying to use language at too higher level, inevitably leads to cognitive dissonance, where the reader thinks that they understand the meaning of what has been written, but understands something different. It makes sense to them, but has nothing to do with what the writer is trying to communicate.
This is the Crisis of Modern Language.
When this phenomenon repeatedly occurs in a thread, then I prefer to lead by demonstration and leave the thread, because it has become meaningless. If; people want to continue, because they get other non-intellectual stimuli out of continuing with their one-liners, that’s great. They’re happy!
I am always happy, because I make it my choice to be so. I have been thru 6 years of terrible back pain following a failed operation, so I don’t speak for the sake of speaking, when I say that I choose to be happy. Try it for yourself, or write to me to find out more.(Choosing to be happy that is not the back op.)
I am not looking for people to make me happy in the mundane sense.
I am looking for both to give and to receive intellectual stimulation and a more find profound happiness.
Love to everybody who reads this post and love to everybody who doesn’t.
Grazy
Simple posts using, simple language, as an expression of what an individual feels deep inside about a topic, is HONEST and MEANINGFUL COMMUNICATION.
I, like a lot of other contributors on this site, are university educated and we have at times realized that trying to use language at too higher level, inevitably leads to cognitive dissonance, where the reader thinks that they understand the meaning of what has been written, but understands something different. It makes sense to them, but has nothing to do with what the writer is trying to communicate.
This is the Crisis of Modern Language.
When this phenomenon repeatedly occurs in a thread, then I prefer to lead by demonstration and leave the thread, because it has become meaningless. If; people want to continue, because they get other non-intellectual stimuli out of continuing with their one-liners, that’s great. They’re happy!
I am always happy, because I make it my choice to be so. I have been thru 6 years of terrible back pain following a failed operation, so I don’t speak for the sake of speaking, when I say that I choose to be happy. Try it for yourself, or write to me to find out more.(Choosing to be happy that is not the back op.)
I am not looking for people to make me happy in the mundane sense.
I am looking for both to give and to receive intellectual stimulation and a more find profound happiness.
Love to everybody who reads this post and love to everybody who doesn’t.
Grazy
and do you know us well enough to use Thru? I would have thought Through would have been better wouldn't you?
Jul 7th 2007, 7:50 am
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Re: Cognitive Dissonance
Isn't that a personal insult or character deformation or some big word like that, not that it bothers me at all, but if it doesn't bother u, then perhaps u have some personal work to do?
Love to you
Crazy Grazy. There just to make u happy.
PS:Please dig a bit deeper and write something that tells me who you really are. I gave up Trying to put people down when I was still at school.
Jul 7th 2007, 7:58 am
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Re: Cognitive Dissonance
Well, I would of assumed a university educated person would know which forum to post this in, but I was wrong.
As it has nothing to do with Spain I will move it to Siesta time.
As it has nothing to do with Spain I will move it to Siesta time.
Jul 7th 2007, 8:02 am
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Re: Cognitive Dissonance
Thats not very loving is it?
Look, I pointed out your rather obvious spelling mistake, or over reliance on spell check to highlight a point.
You can be a smart arse all you like, but this forum has its fair share of very clever posters, some will surprise you, and people who never had a secondary education let alone a further one, and I love talking to all equally, its what makes up a decent discussion.
Now your OP struck me a little like a patronising bloke in a pub telling people that they is far more intelligent than anyone in there.
No one really cares how smart you are, they just care about advice, friendship, having a laugh and enjoying their time.
If you want a fun discussion I suggest that you post this in the Lounge, that should be fun!
Look, I pointed out your rather obvious spelling mistake, or over reliance on spell check to highlight a point.
You can be a smart arse all you like, but this forum has its fair share of very clever posters, some will surprise you, and people who never had a secondary education let alone a further one, and I love talking to all equally, its what makes up a decent discussion.
Now your OP struck me a little like a patronising bloke in a pub telling people that they is far more intelligent than anyone in there.
No one really cares how smart you are, they just care about advice, friendship, having a laugh and enjoying their time.
If you want a fun discussion I suggest that you post this in the Lounge, that should be fun!
Jul 7th 2007, 8:05 am
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Re: Cognitive Dissonance
Thats not very loving is it?
Look, I pointed out your rather obvious spelling mistake, or over reliance on spell check to highlight a point.
You can be a smart arse all you like, but this forum has its fair share of very clever posters, some will surprise you, and people who never had a secondary education let alone a further one, and I love talking to all equally, its what makes up a decent discussion.
Now your OP struck me a little like a patronising bloke in a pub telling people that they is far more intelligent than anyone in there.
No one really cares how smart you are, they just care about advice, friendship, having a laugh and enjoying their time.
If you want a fun discussion I suggest that you post this in the Lounge, that should be fun!
Look, I pointed out your rather obvious spelling mistake, or over reliance on spell check to highlight a point.
You can be a smart arse all you like, but this forum has its fair share of very clever posters, some will surprise you, and people who never had a secondary education let alone a further one, and I love talking to all equally, its what makes up a decent discussion.
Now your OP struck me a little like a patronising bloke in a pub telling people that they is far more intelligent than anyone in there.
No one really cares how smart you are, they just care about advice, friendship, having a laugh and enjoying their time.
If you want a fun discussion I suggest that you post this in the Lounge, that should be fun!
Jul 7th 2007, 8:12 am
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Jul 7th 2007, 8:13 am
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Re: Cognitive Dissonance
Oh and Lynn, remind me never to question your intuition again!
Jul 7th 2007, 8:41 am
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Re: Cognitive Dissonance
I don't have a Uni education, but guess who's going to win this month's trivia challenge? (that's put the kybosh on that I reckon)
Jul 7th 2007, 8:42 am
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Re: Cognitive Dissonance
Right! Start looking for typos, spelling mistakes, grammatical errors. Wait for it ---------Now!”!!!!
Just in case you don’t already know by reading my other posts. I struggle with failed Back Syndrome and type lying flat on my back with a not very advantageous view of my monitor.
I am also drugged up to the eyeballs with Morphine, Tramadol, Pregabalin (Lyrica) and Clonazepam (If you want to visit me I’ll fix u up with a shot of all this medication and get u to write a post lying flat on your back. You might succeed, but it’d be a tough challenge and u’d learn a lot.)
I do try my best to avoid typos, spelling mistakes, grammatical errors and faux pas and all the other things that small-minded people baulk at. (I also suffer from Word Blindness, so if I checked every single thing, it would take a LONG time to write a post. However as they’re a number of folk on this forum, who get real upset when their ordered life is upset by an outrageous extra consonant, or a double superlative or even something so unimportant as a slimple tlypo. I do promise for all you detail freaks to spend more time checking my stuff before clicking on the image map, that sends it whirling into cyberspace.
However rugbymatt (You’re not Matt Dawson, are you?). That’s not sarcasm, I don’t believe in it. It’s a serious question
Isn’t this forum fun?
Please move up a notch and get off this education thing. We all know that most of what we learn comes from our life experience. I have done uni so what. It tells u jack-s—t, about me or any other graduate. There are great people who have made immense contributions to humanity, who have walked out of uni or not even bothered to attend one.
There are also post grads. Who can’t spell. How threaten this all can be.
The reason I write on this forum is to extend my love to as many people as possible I also enjoy meeting intelligent people.
I am not interested in the lowest form of wit. And I feel I want to help people who need to make themselves feel better, by criticizing those who have had a higher education , out of jealousy or perhaps they just feel that someone who has spent 4 years in higher ed. Should be perfic.
I have nothing bad to say about anybody. I really love you all. Even when your thoughtless, spiteful, sarcastic or just plain pedantic. Hmmmm! Sounds like some of my teachers!
Love
Grazy
Jul 7th 2007, 8:48 am
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Re: Cognitive Dissonance
Hi gettingthere,
Isn't that a personal insult or character deformation or some big word like that, not that it bothers me at all, but if it doesn't bother u, then perhaps u have some personal work to do?
Love to you
Crazy Grazy. There just to make u happy.
PS:Please dig a bit deeper and write something that tells me who you really are. I gave up Trying to put people down when I was still at school.
Isn't that a personal insult or character deformation or some big word like that, not that it bothers me at all, but if it doesn't bother u, then perhaps u have some personal work to do?
Love to you
Crazy Grazy. There just to make u happy.
PS:Please dig a bit deeper and write something that tells me who you really are. I gave up Trying to put people down when I was still at school.
Grow up!
Huh
Jul 7th 2007, 9:02 am
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Re: Cognitive Dissonance
I am a post grad that cant spell, tried for years but still cant get it right LOL But so what every one has a right to an opinion with out insulting people. Cant stand people who constantly try to make someone feel less of a person because they cant spell, read, understand grimmer and language.
My Father a man of some integrity cant read or write even his own name it doesnt make him less of a man. I remember vividly as a child a teacher shouting at a fellow pupil about his reading skills or lack of telling him he would never get a job ...... my hand shot up please sister ( i went to a convent school ) she looked over to me in anger My daddy cant read or write but we have a new Jag and a big house and my dad had a good business. she didnt know what to say.
Education does not make the man
My Father a man of some integrity cant read or write even his own name it doesnt make him less of a man. I remember vividly as a child a teacher shouting at a fellow pupil about his reading skills or lack of telling him he would never get a job ...... my hand shot up please sister ( i went to a convent school ) she looked over to me in anger My daddy cant read or write but we have a new Jag and a big house and my dad had a good business. she didnt know what to say.
Education does not make the man
