OPEN BAR: it rubs the lotion on the skin or it gets the hose again

[Telarus]

WOOOO! Nice, Alty!

My Marketing Principles work last week included cognitive dissonance to mean:

When you think you will only spend so much on a car, end up paying way more than your principles allow, and think about this while driving it home.

That is significantly better than the way this guy is using the term, which is as a rationalizing tool to minimize discomfort, which is literally the opposite of the definition.

HMMMM, sounds like some-one just read the header of the Wikipedia article. Literally everything you just mentioned is there, including a completely unrelated-to-cognitive-dissonance pull-quote by the guy who coined the term, which reads, "Humans are not a rational animal, but a rationalizing one" - Leon Festinger.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance

Sounds like "cognitive dissonance" & "Leon Festinger's 'theory of cognitive dissonance' (meaning his hypotheses on how humans tend to cope with it)" have been muddled in his head.

I sincerely hope your teacher isn't instructing a class based on Wikipedia.....

[Aucoq]

I'm up to two hours of cardio on the ski machine at the gym with max incline, and resistance. I burn 1550 calories per hour. My shoulders are getting more defined, and I can now do 5 reps on that dip machine with the max weight on it. I was only able to do 3 reps 5 months ago, and I haven't been doing any sort of weight lifting at all just cardio on the ski machine.

God damn that's incredible.  Keep up the great work.

[Salty]

[Resigned Obligatorily]

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[Junkenstein]

Dude, seriously:

José is a child who has always believed in Santa Claus. Upon being told that Santa Claus does not exist, which of the following is he LEAST LIKELY to do?
   
Find out more information from people who do not believe in Santa Claus.

Look for evidence that would confirm that Santa Claus exists.
   
Look over all his old books about Santa Claus.
   
Not listen to anyone who claims that Santa Claus does not exist.

What the fuck is this nonsense? Let's see if it makes more sense applied to other fictional concepts:

José is a child who has always believed in equality. Upon being told that equality does not exist, which of the following is he LEAST LIKELY to do?
   
Find out more information from people who do not believe in equality.

Look for evidence that would confirm that equality exists.
   
Look over all his old books about equality.
   
Not listen to anyone who claims that equality does not exist.

Still no sense.

José is a child who has always believed in Justice. Upon being told that Justice does not exist, which of the following is he LEAST LIKELY to do?
   
Find out more information from people who do not believe in Justice.

Look for evidence that would confirm that Justice exists.
   
Look over all his old books about Justice.
   
Not listen to anyone who claims that Justice does not exist.

Starting to get it.

José is a child who has always believed in the free market. Upon being told that the free market does not exist, which of the following is he LEAST LIKELY to do?
   
Find out more information from people who do not believe in the free market.

Look for evidence that would confirm that the free market exists.
   
Look over all his old books about the free market.
   
Not listen to anyone who claims that the free market does not exist.

The answer seems to be "Look over all old books", mainly because a child is about as likely to have a book about Santa as he is the others.

In other news, I'm heading back to civilisation for a couple of days at the weekend. It's likely to be a jarring experience.

[minuspace]

Dude, seriously:

José is a child who has always believed in Santa Claus. Upon being told that Santa Claus does not exist, which of the following is he LEAST LIKELY to do?
   
Find out more information from people who do not believe in Santa Claus.

Look for evidence that would confirm that Santa Claus exists.
   
Look over all his old books about Santa Claus.
   
Not listen to anyone who claims that Santa Claus does not exist.

What the fuck is this nonsense? Let's see if it makes more sense applied to other fictional concepts:

José is a child who has always believed in equality. Upon being told that equality does not exist, which of the following is he LEAST LIKELY to do?
   
Find out more information from people who do not believe in equality.

Look for evidence that would confirm that equality exists.
   
Look over all his old books about equality.
   
Not listen to anyone who claims that equality does not exist.

Still no sense.

José is a child who has always believed in Justice. Upon being told that Justice does not exist, which of the following is he LEAST LIKELY to do?
   
Find out more information from people who do not believe in Justice.

Look for evidence that would confirm that Justice exists.
   
Look over all his old books about Justice.
   
Not listen to anyone who claims that Justice does not exist.

Starting to get it.

José is a child who has always believed in the free market. Upon being told that the free market does not exist, which of the following is he LEAST LIKELY to do?
   
Find out more information from people who do not believe in the free market.

Look for evidence that would confirm that the free market exists.
   
Look over all his old books about the free market.
   
Not listen to anyone who claims that the free market does not exist.

The answer seems to be "Look over all old books", mainly because a child is about as likely to have a book about Santa as he is the others.

In other news, I'm heading back to civilisation for a couple of days at the weekend. It's likely to be a jarring experience.

A) is clearly the correct answer because EVERYTHING is about Santa

[Cain]

More Dishonored http://youtu.be/rGdScx2iBuk

Fraps, my recording program, has been a little funny.  You wont notice it so much in this episode, but the end of the one after the next one will be pretty abrupt.

[Sita]

More Dishonored http://youtu.be/rGdScx2iBuk

Fraps, my recording program, has been a little funny.  You wont notice it so much in this episode, but the end of the one after the next one will be pretty abrupt.

I've heard no end of complaints lately with Fraps and game recording. Lots of people I know have been using Bandicam with way less issues than Fraps was giving them.

[Cain]

I havent found fraps to be so bad, it's pretty light on the processing load and so on, it just seems to crash sometimes.  And the recorded files are pretty huge, and so require rendering down.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Fucking finally! A real god damned break!

Just snagged a renter on CL who wants to pay me six months rent upfront AND THEN make regular monthly payments. She has buttload of clients and works 7 days a week.

I am not screwed at all now!



I can buy a van that isn't a piece of shit AND eat food for the forseeable future!

OMG YAY!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

WOOOO! Nice, Alty!

My Marketing Principles work last week included cognitive dissonance to mean:

When you think you will only spend so much on a car, end up paying way more than your principles allow, and think about this while driving it home.

That is significantly better than the way this guy is using the term, which is as a rationalizing tool to minimize discomfort, which is literally the opposite of the definition.

HMMMM, sounds like some-one just read the header of the Wikipedia article. Literally everything you just mentioned is there, including a completely unrelated-to-cognitive-dissonance pull-quote by the guy who coined the term, which reads, "Humans are not a rational animal, but a rationalizing one" - Leon Festinger.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance

Sounds like "cognitive dissonance" & "Leon Festinger's 'theory of cognitive dissonance' (meaning his hypotheses on how humans tend to cope with it)" have been muddled in his head.

I sincerely hope your teacher isn't instructing a class based on Wikipedia.....

The class is based on a perfectly good book which has a perfectly good and correct definition of cognitive dissonance, AND the coping mechanisms that people employ to cope with cognitive dissonance, and he appears to be, as you said, conflating the two.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Dude, seriously:

José is a child who has always believed in Santa Claus. Upon being told that Santa Claus does not exist, which of the following is he LEAST LIKELY to do?
   
Find out more information from people who do not believe in Santa Claus.

Look for evidence that would confirm that Santa Claus exists.
   
Look over all his old books about Santa Claus.
   
Not listen to anyone who claims that Santa Claus does not exist.

What the fuck is this nonsense? Let's see if it makes more sense applied to other fictional concepts:

José is a child who has always believed in equality. Upon being told that equality does not exist, which of the following is he LEAST LIKELY to do?
   
Find out more information from people who do not believe in equality.

Look for evidence that would confirm that equality exists.
   
Look over all his old books about equality.
   
Not listen to anyone who claims that equality does not exist.

Still no sense.

José is a child who has always believed in Justice. Upon being told that Justice does not exist, which of the following is he LEAST LIKELY to do?
   
Find out more information from people who do not believe in Justice.

Look for evidence that would confirm that Justice exists.
   
Look over all his old books about Justice.
   
Not listen to anyone who claims that Justice does not exist.

Starting to get it.

José is a child who has always believed in the free market. Upon being told that the free market does not exist, which of the following is he LEAST LIKELY to do?
   
Find out more information from people who do not believe in the free market.

Look for evidence that would confirm that the free market exists.
   
Look over all his old books about the free market.
   
Not listen to anyone who claims that the free market does not exist.

The answer seems to be "Look over all old books", mainly because a child is about as likely to have a book about Santa as he is the others.

In other news, I'm heading back to civilisation for a couple of days at the weekend. It's likely to be a jarring experience.

The correct answer is A, BECAUSE JOSE IS A CHILD. But the instructor clearly wants us to disregard normal child behavior and pretend that Jose is a 40-year-old bagger who has been informed that Jesus doesn't exist, in which case the answer is B or D.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

The correct answer is A, BECAUSE JOSE IS A CHILD.

Fire instructor, hire Nigel.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

The correct answer is A, BECAUSE JOSE IS A CHILD.

Fire instructor, hire Nigel.

Luckily, this is my last philosophy class EVER. I only have to play the game of "anticipate what answer the instructor wants, regardless of whether it's correct" for two more weeks.

[Junkenstein]

Smashed finger. Stings a touch now at random when typing. This could be vexing.