Sometimes desire distorts perception

lookout123 · 01-31-2005, 04:15 PM

I thought this was pretty funny. It would seem that people were looking at Tony Blair's doodles and the experts concluded that he is stressed and not a good leader. The only problem with the conclusion? It wasn't Blair's writing - it was Bill Gates. I guess that is why he has been such a failure inthe business world - he is stressed and not a natural leader.

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"We look forward to psychologists reassessing their conclusions of how these characteristics ascribed to the prime minister equally apply to Mr. Gates," the Downing Street spokesman said.

Something tells me that we'll never see a follow up on this one.

I think this is another good example of how we sometimes assess and analyze new input in such a way that it can only support our own preconceived ideas.

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dar512 · 01-31-2005, 04:22 PM

Actually, that's interesting. There have been articles that claim that Gates has been as successful as he has because he tends to stress over the competition.

lookout123 · 01-31-2005, 04:54 PM

i also remember an excellent study that concluded gates was borderline autistic. i personally think the nerd rocks.

Happy Monkey · 01-31-2005, 05:31 PM

I probably wouldn't vote either into office...

lookout123 · 01-31-2005, 05:48 PM

ok, HM - why wouldn't you vote for Gates?

wolf · 02-01-2005, 01:40 AM

Reminds me of an old psychology study about perception based on expectations ... same article was passed around with either a male or female's name as the author ... subjects mostly reported that the female's article was more poorly written than the male's.

Schrodinger's Cat · 02-01-2005, 03:21 AM

Who says Gates is NOT stressed? Maybe he is, and maybe he isn't. He's the head of his own outfit, not a nation. Surely the qualities required for the two different jobs would be more an intersection of sets rather than a union of them. I don't get the problem here.

Happy Monkey · 02-01-2005, 06:55 AM

I like my political and corporate leaders separated by several ten foot poles. Plus, I don't like Gates' views on corporate competition.

wolf · 02-01-2005, 09:40 AM

Kill the chief and adopt the survivors into your tribe to increase genetic diversity has been going on since the beginning of recorded history. It's just fallen out of fashion in the last couple hundred years.

Oh shit, I think I just figured out the secret microsloth business plan.

Beestie · 02-01-2005, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

...adopt the survivors into your tribe...

Speaking of which, Google over the last few weeks has hired away Mozilla's top two Firefox programmers. Gee, I wonder what they're up to?

Happy Monkey · 02-01-2005, 10:08 AM

I wouldn't vote for someone who wanted to move us back a couple of hundred years either.

lookout123 · 02-01-2005, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

I wouldn't vote for someone who wanted to move us back a couple of hundred years either.

i don't know that much about gates, really. what does this refer to?

Happy Monkey · 02-01-2005, 11:07 AM

I was referring to wolf's post, not Gates. I identify more with the ethical views of the last two centuries than the time before.

Schrodinger's Cat · 02-01-2005, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

I was referring to wolf's post, not Gates. I identify more with the ethical views of the last two centuries than the time before.

What's so great about the ethical views of the last two centuries? Let's see... Slavery, concentration camps, Watergate, 9/11, the atomic bomb...

Hmmm... I'll take the hunter-gathers. At least the destruction was limited in their era (ie a few dozen or at very most, a few hundred).

Troubleshooter · 02-01-2005, 06:43 PM

You say atomic bomb like it's a bad thing...

01-31-2005, 04:22 PM	#2
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Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I probably wouldn't vote either into office... __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

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lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	ok, HM - why wouldn't you vote for Gates? __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

02-01-2005, 01:40 AM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Reminds me of an old psychology study about perception based on expectations ... same article was passed around with either a male or female's name as the author ... subjects mostly reported that the female's article was more poorly written than the male's. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-01-2005, 03:21 AM	#7
Schrodinger's Cat Macavity Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A Black Box Posts: 157	Who says Gates is NOT stressed? Maybe he is, and maybe he isn't. He's the head of his own outfit, not a nation. Surely the qualities required for the two different jobs would be more an intersection of sets rather than a union of them. I don't get the problem here. __________________ Macavity, Macavity, there's no on like Macavity, He's broken every human law, he breaks the law of gravity. - T.S. Eliot, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

02-01-2005, 06:55 AM	#8
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I like my political and corporate leaders separated by several ten foot poles. Plus, I don't like Gates' views on corporate competition. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

02-01-2005, 09:40 AM	#9
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Kill the chief and adopt the survivors into your tribe to increase genetic diversity has been going on since the beginning of recorded history. It's just fallen out of fashion in the last couple hundred years. Oh shit, I think I just figured out the secret microsloth business plan. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-01-2005, 10:08 AM	#11
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I wouldn't vote for someone who wanted to move us back a couple of hundred years either. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

02-01-2005, 11:07 AM	#13
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I was referring to wolf's post, not Gates. I identify more with the ethical views of the last two centuries than the time before. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

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Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	You say atomic bomb like it's a bad thing... __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

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