Taking a Walk, to Stop My Mind From Wandering...

[vhiptheantimarx]

Ever heard of the ideomotor effect? It's when you think something's moving randomly, pulling you, when actually it's just responding to your own little, subconscious movements. It's what's behind dowsing, or Ouija boards

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[greatwhitepimp]

It's amazing how every single person on the face of the Earth is frustrated, and yet no two reasons/causes seem to be the same.. My working theory is that human beings are not designed to be happy because true happiness would make us lazy. Happiness only exists to taunt us when we are not happy.

[vhiptheantimarx]

Entirely possible. My favorite Nietzche quote is about this: "Man does not seek after happiness. Only the English do that."

Way I see it, if we're content we're not doing anything to improve our lot, and we lose to those who aren't content. Evolution has incentive to keep up unhappy.

[greatwhitepimp]

Thats the way I see it, but in a less positive/more pessimistic way. Basically, if we try to focus on the little things in life, we don't improve ourselves, and if we focus on improving ourselves, we miss out on the little things. Basically we're fucked no matter what

its not strange

[mickyandnicky]

Everyone has their own sets of experiences, and there is an inherent opportunity cost with every experience. but what is really important is making that calculus, right?(choosing what you value most from any given set of possible experiences) like do you want to be part of that conversation with your friends on merit of the topic itself, or to be part of the conversation and bonded w/ your friends? the opportunity cost differs depending on the answer;if its purely the topic, then you can study it at a shallow level on wiki or from experts in a condensed way to get the basics the invest more time in it later, or if its for the people, then again you could study the topic, or just hang around until the conversation moves (or move it yourself subtly) to something that you are more familiar with and then you don't miss that experience of companionship. and if its something that falls in the middle, well you can perm. obviously this is a very specific example, but the point is that every action or inaction that your life takes has an

Re: its not strange

[vhiptheantimarx]

Rationally, yes, it's all about compromise, getting the best experiences you can while missing those you can't have. The problem is, while I know it's true rationally, I keep running into situations where I still get annoyed about it...the fact that it's not a rational thing to be annoyed about just makes me more annoyed with myself. Most people seem to be able to accept that calculus and work it, I keep having trouble accepting it. What can I say? I want to do it all.

I mostly let my mind wander, occasionally asking questions like "where are you going to turn here?", before letting my feet answer. It was indeed a really trippy experience.

No problem about the verbosity. A tendency of mine as well. ;)