The problem with arguing about shades of grey.

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  • AndyD
    Diamond Member

    • Jan 2010
    • 4946

    #16
    Originally posted by daveob
    and if you stare at this car long enough, you'll eventually see a girl ....

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    That one worked the other way around for me Dave. I stared at the girl for a while before I saw the car
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    • Dave A
      Site Caretaker

      • May 2006
      • 22803

      #17
      Originally posted by daveob
      and if you stare at this car long enough, you'll eventually see a girl ....
      Stunning bumpers. Where's the car.....?

      (Focus, Dave. Focus).

      Let me just get this off my chest quickly, before all the jaw-dropping images really start to flow.

      For me the big take-away is the way the mind works. It's not our eyes that are letting us down when it comes to the colour of block A & B. It's the organic matter between the ears that's interpreting the input received.

      Which brings me to arguments about shades of grey.

      Just how often do people see the same thing, but one sees "block A" and the other sees "block B"?
      And then the fight started.

      How often does someone see "block A" as fair and "block B" as unfair?
      And then the fight started.

      When something seems "obvious" and someone else is "obviously wrong", I gently suggest you think of that picture and what your mind did to it before rushing to judgement.

      OK - seriousness over from my side. Let the imagery flow...
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      • tec0
        Diamond Member

        • Jun 2009
        • 4624

        #18
        Morality; Concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct. Fact is I don’t care much about anything else, for me it is about morally. If a good person gets hit by a bus it is a sad day, when a bad person gets hit a bus it is a good day.

        When a horrible customer comes to your establishment he/she/it is just wrong, I don’t care about the facts, proof or lack of proof. When a good customer comes to your establishment you sit down and you listen provide help as best you can and go the extra mile for that customer.

        If you have integrity AKA Moral soundness then normally you will end up doing the right thing regardless, but if it is a point of view well then it becomes a contest of ego. And we all know where ego is involved crap will follow...
        peace is a state of mind
        Disclaimer: everything written by me can be considered as fictional.

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        • desA
          Platinum Member

          • Jan 2010
          • 1023

          #19
          I'm wondering how this concept could be applied to shades of green, in the not-so-new SA... Ahem - must be an ahah moment somewhere.
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          • adrianh
            Diamond Member

            • Mar 2010
            • 6328

            #20
            @DesA

            You see the deeper the shade of green the more this illusion is believed: Less and less effort needs to be spent on work, common sense, education and of course, passing woodwork!

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            • desA
              Platinum Member

              • Jan 2010
              • 1023

              #21
              Ahah... it's the woodwork.

              Work is a nasty four-letter word. Hard work is unmentionable.
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              • wynn
                Diamond Member

                • Oct 2006
                • 3338

                #22
                In the dark all shades are grey! or green?
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                • adrianh
                  Diamond Member

                  • Mar 2010
                  • 6328

                  #23
                  Youth Festival 'helped free Egypt - News24 this morning.

                  Lungisa said that Egyptian youth who had attended the festival in Pretoria in December, had recently been "at the forefront of the Egyptian revolt".
                  "I'm not saying we started the protests, but before the festival there were no protests in Egypt.
                  "After the festival, there were. Draw your own conclusions," Lungisa told the media.
                  Ah, the illusion of cause and effect - If the effect is to your liking then you were the cause or you predicted the outcome, but of course if the effect was not to your liking then the cause had nothing to do with you whatoever or your prediction was misunderstood.

                  This illusion is also known as the "Economist's prediction justification"

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