Thank you guys. It really means a lot to us. :tears_of_joy:
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Thank you guys. It really means a lot to us. :tears_of_joy:
I heard on the radio today that Toronto is the 4th safest city in Canada. I guess if you don't take the subway. More truth in media.
Cialdini's books "Presuasion", and "Influence" cover a lot of ground. One item discussed is "What's immediate gains importance" (paraphrased). Meaning whatever you talk about seems more important, really a psychological version of a magicians trick of distraction with some action so you look away from what is really happening. Clucking about a spy balloon, a bag of something found in the wrong place, an imploded engineering blunder are the media and social equivalent of this. Conan Doyle stated it well with "the dog that isn't barking" being the most salient clue. This is only one of many principles that are constantly evident if you look. Scott Adams made a great observation; your opinions are assigned to you. We all think we form our own opinions. Really we choose what we look at and adopt what is presented, if you "change your mind" all you've done is adopted a different assigned opinion. Media is in the business of assigning opinions.
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I have a black fox roaming my neighborhood. It's a female, bold, smart and alert. It passed through my yard a week or two ago and I got it's attention. I put out a few meat scraps and stepped back about 15 feet. She came over and munched. Last night I saw her again and called out, she came over and we hung out on my driveway for about 5 minutes, she was about 10 feet away. I just came in from my deck where I hand fed some chickadees. Dr Doolittle over here.