Scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, found that music and color are connected through an intermediate link - emotions news: news.berkeley.edu/2013/05/16/musiccolors/ paper: www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/05/10/1212562110.abstract So why not apply in this case color semantics, which has existed since 1949 in the form of the Max Luscher's eight-color test, which converts a...
Usually, people talk about rationalization ("the act, process, or result of rationalizing : a way of describing, interpreting, or explaining something (such as bad behavior) that makes it seem proper, more attractive, etc" https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rationalization) in a negative context: a person does something bad, or at least does it out of...
Scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, found that music and color are connected through an intermediate link - emotions
news: news.berkeley.edu/2013/05/16/musiccolors/
paper: www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/05/10/1212562110.abstract
So why not apply in this case color semantics, which has existed since 1949 in the form of the Max Luscher's eight-color test, which converts a sequence of colors into a sequence of words?
"Max Lüscher believed that sensory perception of color is objective and universally shared by all, but that color preferences are subjective, and that this distinction allows subjective states to be objectively measured by using test colors. Lüscher believed that because the color selections are guided in an unconscious manner, they reveal the person as they really are, not... (read 585 more words →)
"If we are crunching the numbers, though, it seems like the flip side is much much more common, i.e. people doing things to benefit themselves under ostensibly altruistic motivations. "
Well, this is typical behavior, we all know that.
That is why I was puzzled by the phenomenon when everything happens in reverse.
But a much more common situation is when people clearly indicate and voice their position: they enter into interaction with others for the mutual formal benefit of both parties (nothing personal, it's just business), or for altruistic reasons.
But what my observation reveals, and what is probably even more common, is that people interact very often simultaneously satisfying both needs... (read more)
Usually, people talk about rationalization ("the act, process, or result of rationalizing : a way of describing, interpreting, or explaining something (such as bad behavior) that makes it seem proper, more attractive, etc" https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rationalization) in a negative context: a person does something bad, or at least does it out of reprehensible motivations, but then rationalizes his act, bringing worthy motives under it.
But recently I have come across the rationalization of good behavior, through selfish motives. In other words, a person is not free to do good things, and they need a selfish motivation to look practical in their own eyes. For example, a person donates clothes and other things to an... (read more)
It follows - I've seen it too many times. Of course, I myself thought about this effect, that such an effect takes place, that I understand the words, but still, since English is not my native language, I can abstract from the meaning of the words and focus all my directed attention on the music and on my feelings from it.
Gluecifer - Easy Living "coz i’m feeling shitty"
The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
U2 - One "Did I disappoint you or leave a bad taste in your mouth?"
"Sets himself idealistic but illusory goals. Has been bitterly disappointed and turns his back on life in weary self-disgust. Wants to forget it all and... (read more)