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Re: Playing video games can help to reduce stress and anxiety, and improve mood

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Post by bheadmaster »

skyyler wrote: post #94
908B64B197 wrote: post #88

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Remember how, just a few months ago, one could get banned from Social media for suggesting Covid-19 originated in a lab? "Fact Checkers" were hard at work silencing that content and attributing it to "conspiracy theorists". Now the lab leak hypothesis is mainstream, with experts supporting investigating the labs in Wuhan and bringing in evidence that the disease indeed originated in a Chinese lab. Sometimes, it seems…

This is the stuff that is exhausting. Why focus on it? What good does it bring to you?

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Re: Playing video games can help to reduce stress and anxiety, and improve mood

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Post by Jensson »

dnissley wrote: post #129
hypertele-Xii wrote: post #125

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Your rights are being eroded, your purchase power is being drained, society around you is slowly collapsing. Change that happens slowly is insidious to notice, but it surely is impossible if you choose to actively ignore it... until it becomes unbearable, and then it's even costlier to act.

How are you acting in response to this knowledge?

In a democracy the solution to problems is to spread the word and ensure many more people know, so that it can influence future elections. So exactly what he is doing here.

Re: Playing video games can help to reduce stress and anxiety, and improve mood

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Post by HervalFreire »

mewpmewp2 wrote: post #149
HervalFreire wrote: post #132

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There was a science experiment where they took pessimists and optimists and had them rate themselves from one to ten in terms of looks. Then they had another external group of people rate them based off of the same 1 to 10 scale to get an unbiased baseline. Turns out pessimists had a more accurate and realistic rating around how good they looked. While optimists had ratings that were wildly overblown. There are other…

I disagree with a lot of what you are saying. Firstly I wouldn't label myself any way, neither pessimist or optimist. But you can be amazed at what has happened throughout the whole history and what humans have built, and be optimistic and excited about the future, and that we can handle the problems thrown at us and be completely realistic at the same time. And even if there was some way to accurately judge whether…

https://radiolab.org/episodes/91618-lying-to-ourselves

What I'm saying is not something I made up. It's actual science.

Listen to the podcast if you have the time. It's derived from actual multitudes of scientific research done on thousands of people. It's only 12 minutes and it's really good and it will change your perception of the importance of knowing the truth.

This is real. And the experiments cited in this podcast are only a fraction of the psychological experiments used to confirm this theory. It's not about a matter of your opinion, it's science.

But even if it's real it doesn't matter does it? Because it's all about your perception and your ability to delude yourself.

Re: Playing video games can help to reduce stress and anxiety, and improve mood

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Post by yetihehe »

Jensson wrote: post #152
dnissley wrote: post #129

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How are you acting in response to this knowledge?

In a democracy the solution to problems is to spread the word and ensure many more people know, so that it can influence future elections. So exactly what he is doing here.

Yeah, I've tried doing it but nobody listens to me, they think I'm just stupid for having opinions "not like everybody else" or say "yeah, but what can we do about this?" or "yeah, but I don't trust that new candidate". I want to do something to better everyone's lives, but after seeing their actions day after day being anti-progress, I no longer care. Of course progress is as defined by me, they just have their own opinions which they consider as more valid. If all the people around me have other opinion about what's good for them, maybe I'm in the wrong? How would you deal with such situation?

Re: Playing video games can help to reduce stress and anxiety, and improve mood

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Post by yetihehe »

908B64B197 wrote: post #133
skyyler wrote: post #105

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And in your day-to-day life, how does a deep understanding of the psyops being run against you and your countrymen do anything to help? Knowledge is for action.

Would you say ignorance is strength then?

Ignorance lets you live happily when you are not strong. Problem with strength is that it requires a lot of strength to get more strength.

Re: Playing video games can help to reduce stress and anxiety, and improve mood

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Post by mewpmewp2 »

HervalFreire wrote: post #153
mewpmewp2 wrote: post #149

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I disagree with a lot of what you are saying. Firstly I wouldn't label myself any way, neither pessimist or optimist. But you can be amazed at what has happened throughout the whole history and what humans have built, and be optimistic and excited about the future, and that we can handle the problems thrown at us and be completely realistic at the same time. And even if there was some way to accurately judge whether…

https://radiolab.org/episodes/91618-lying-to-ourselves What I'm saying is not something I made up. It's actual science. Listen to the podcast if you have the time. It's derived from actual multitudes of scientific research done on thousands of people. It's only 12 minutes and it's really good and it will change your perception of the importance of knowing the truth. This is real. And the experiments cited in this pod…

I was responding to your points. Is there any other specific point you want me to respond to?

Because the arguments are that you can overestimate your capabilities or be overconfident to perform better, which I agree with, but my point is that none of it is indicative that someone having generally a positive view of the world necessarily implies that they would have less grasp on reality.

I think the experiments are not evidence that one has to "delude" themselves to be positive or happy. Because the end of your post implied that there must be at least some level of delusion going on.

Re: Playing video games can help to reduce stress and anxiety, and improve mood

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Post by mewpmewp2 »

HervalFreire wrote: post #153
mewpmewp2 wrote: post #149

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I disagree with a lot of what you are saying. Firstly I wouldn't label myself any way, neither pessimist or optimist. But you can be amazed at what has happened throughout the whole history and what humans have built, and be optimistic and excited about the future, and that we can handle the problems thrown at us and be completely realistic at the same time. And even if there was some way to accurately judge whether…

https://radiolab.org/episodes/91618-lying-to-ourselves What I'm saying is not something I made up. It's actual science. Listen to the podcast if you have the time. It's derived from actual multitudes of scientific research done on thousands of people. It's only 12 minutes and it's really good and it will change your perception of the importance of knowing the truth. This is real. And the experiments cited in this pod…

Okay, listening to the podcast. I understand your point much better now, that seems like a very interesting episode, thank you for that. Like if there are some unpleasant truths that if you don't believe to be true would make your life much easier.

But the questionnaire on the streets - to be fair, if I were to answer "no" there, it doesn't mean I would be lying to myself, I might only be lying to the interviewer, for obvious reasons.

Re: Playing video games can help to reduce stress and anxiety, and improve mood

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Post by mewpmewp2 »

HervalFreire wrote: post #153
mewpmewp2 wrote: post #149

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I disagree with a lot of what you are saying. Firstly I wouldn't label myself any way, neither pessimist or optimist. But you can be amazed at what has happened throughout the whole history and what humans have built, and be optimistic and excited about the future, and that we can handle the problems thrown at us and be completely realistic at the same time. And even if there was some way to accurately judge whether…

https://radiolab.org/episodes/91618-lying-to-ourselves What I'm saying is not something I made up. It's actual science. Listen to the podcast if you have the time. It's derived from actual multitudes of scientific research done on thousands of people. It's only 12 minutes and it's really good and it will change your perception of the importance of knowing the truth. This is real. And the experiments cited in this pod…

I mean it's very interesting topic, but there's many things to take a part or consider here. Visualising success is a recommended activity for instance, but it doesn't necessarily mean lying to oneself, it's just preparing yourself, going through what is upcoming.
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