tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27543730.post439122340371250293..comments2024-03-24T03:28:00.599-04:00Comments on We're Only Human...: The Two Faces of PrideWray Herberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02157965041515501630noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27543730.post-81009884468803315172008-11-19T04:54:00.000-05:002008-11-19T04:54:00.000-05:00President Bush's picture shows a beleaguered man. ...President Bush's picture shows a beleaguered man. I do not see arrogance as in the first picture nor do I see shame. The viewer's perception would be easily biased by Party affiliation.YoMauwmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01177451461763309434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27543730.post-50156073936080626382008-02-18T01:37:00.000-05:002008-02-18T01:37:00.000-05:00The survival value of pride and conversely shame i...The survival value of pride and conversely shame is more than evident in pecking orders throughout the animal kingdom. When monkeys and apes playfight to establish their social position the antics and body language they display clarify who is the winner and who has to wait for access to food, mates, grooming... This goes a long way to explain the feelings of resentment we foster when someone puffs up, particularly when you know you could take them physically, intellectually or otherwise. If you should challenge and win try not to gloat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27543730.post-14765733934632825632007-06-30T15:38:00.000-04:002007-06-30T15:38:00.000-04:00Basically I think it all comes down to what Clint ...Basically I think it all comes down to what Clint Eastwood's character said in "The Outlaw Josey Wales", which was, "A man's gotta know his limitations." Self-assurance is fine up to a point where a person's reach exceeds his grasp. When you begin to believe you are a better person than you actually are, or that you can do more than you are actually capable of, then self-assurance becomes a liability. Unfortunately that line is not so clearly marked in life as it is in fictional works, and the point varies with time, experience and age, the variables often operating independently. Those who struggle with this end point are to be lauded, while those who choose to ignore it deserve a wakeup call.Illia Leonovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03034949576163606264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27543730.post-12831437230788338612007-06-22T08:16:00.000-04:002007-06-22T08:16:00.000-04:00Bush picture demonstrates pride is really an unive...Bush picture demonstrates pride is really an universal emotion, available for everyone no matter the personal record of the person. Could be otherwise for an evolutive trait?Lolamentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15527461962329277935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27543730.post-46390051211197505242007-06-20T14:47:00.000-04:002007-06-20T14:47:00.000-04:00I love your site, I am bookmarking it too but I ha...I love your site, I am bookmarking it too but I have a constructive criticism: Reversed out type on a blue background for copy that is more than 150 words long is hard on the eye.<BR/><BR/>When I go to another page that is all white, I practically have an ocular seizure. Reversed out type should only be used for captions.<BR/><BR/>trust me! change your template and see for yourself or stare at your page for 30 seconds and then look at a white piece of paper.Tony Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00109365938555421509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27543730.post-46968682206733964292007-06-20T13:24:00.000-04:002007-06-20T13:24:00.000-04:00Marvin Minsky is one of the greatest thinkers on h...Marvin Minsky is one of the greatest thinkers on human mind from the very different perspective of Artificial Intelligence. In his book 'The Emotion Machine' he discusses the purpose of pride and shame as ways of setting people's goals. It is basically agreeing with this study findings about the 'good' pride's purpose.Cecilia Abadiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15106332815943275056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27543730.post-29622389434926513402007-06-20T07:49:00.000-04:002007-06-20T07:49:00.000-04:00an interesting read. i like!an interesting read. i like!hellfriedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015994161707017951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27543730.post-32441021998879873262007-06-19T19:17:00.000-04:002007-06-19T19:17:00.000-04:00My daughter was a preemie and learned to do almost...My daughter was a preemie and learned to do almost all sorts of physical activities later than other toddlers. At 12 months she could not sit on the ground without falling over to the side or backwards. But, one day, as I was sitting on our couch and she was sitting on my thigh with both of her legs hanging down between mine, she presented body language that I can only describe as showing the illumination of an idea in her head combined with bravado, and she purposely pushed off of my leg and landed on her two little feet and stood there, standing without assistance for the first time, with her head turned up at me and a little smile on her face and a look of accomplishment in her eyes that said, "Tah dah! I did it!" And, I was just speechless, wondering how on earth a tiny thing like that could know the emotion of pride in self. She seemed to be expressing an almost smug self-satisfaction. I also thought, how does she even know that standing on two feet alone is in fact a type of accomplishment for her?Tenney Naumerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11843130378338023902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27543730.post-9232896104474080452007-06-15T18:02:00.000-04:002007-06-15T18:02:00.000-04:00Another fascinating look at the people with whom w...Another fascinating look at the people with whom we share our world. And no doubts whatsoever, in my mind at least, what kind of pride was being displayed in the second photo. Bravo, Mr. Herbert!Susiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16651575411173028399noreply@blogger.com