tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post738700721367276880..comments2024-03-25T14:09:59.347-05:00Comments on Augoeides: What The Bleep Do They Know?Scott Stenwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12389664381513219613noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-112888293195570892014-09-02T08:26:12.760-05:002014-09-02T08:26:12.760-05:00I'm not arguing people don't interpret the...I'm not arguing people don't interpret their perceptions based on their beliefs, or that people's beliefs don't influence what they choose to pay the most attention to. Both of those contentions are accurate.<br /><br />The reason I'm arguing against taking the Pizarro story literally is that the movie does, and it's simply ridiculous to do so. There's no perception researcher in the world who would tell you that somebody who had no idea what a boat was wouldn't be able to physically see it.<br /><br />They might not have a specific word for it and therefore have trouble explaining it to somebody else, but that's a whole different issue.Scott Stenwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389664381513219613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-63817183423218988792014-09-02T04:42:38.371-05:002014-09-02T04:42:38.371-05:00I propose not take the Pizzaro Example litteraly. ...I propose not take the Pizzaro Example litteraly. Theres much more to see when you don't- As the mind does have his own filters of beliefs.<br />Babies do recognize whats there, but they also do have a different more unfiltered view of the world. While we as adults are used to believe there exists only one reality, babies are sometimes switching different realities until one becomes solid. <br />This might sound strange... but well... can't express it more gentle...<br />What I am getting at is, if you died and believe you are still alive, your mind is going to shut out everything that does not fit the frame until the frame gets a kick so hard, that there is no ground left for it to sustain itself. That goes for every belief conscious or not you might have.Sonja Garcia Burgos (Aynara Garcia)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04848651989879563162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-26559969782773442102012-07-14T12:41:30.650-05:002012-07-14T12:41:30.650-05:00Ha, MST3K! We saw it in the theater in Portland w...Ha, MST3K! We saw it in the theater in Portland where part of the movie was filmed, which has a balcony. As it turned out, we sat up there in the front row making comments (quietly) like the two old guys on the Muppet Show. (I suppose it helped that this movie theater serves really good beer.) It was a fine way to spend an afternoon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-6028369632196756912012-07-07T11:02:49.649-05:002012-07-07T11:02:49.649-05:00You're right about the Amazon - I was mixing u...You're right about the Amazon - I was mixing up my conquistadors. It was actually the San Juan river in Columbia that I was thinking of, which does empty into the Pacific. The article has been updated to reflect that.<br /><br />Otherwise, thanks!<br /><br />The other thing that I didn't even mention in the article is that Pizarro's first expedition in the Americas was in 1524 and his conquest of the Inca didn't happen until 1532. During the intervening 8 years he encountered a number of different tribes exploring the area, some Inca and some not, so it's not like his ships would have been <i>that</i> unfamiliar to at least some of the population by the time of the conquest.Scott Stenwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389664381513219613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-37326759881292267572012-07-07T10:26:28.463-05:002012-07-07T10:26:28.463-05:00Hi Scott - Not to be picky, but Pizarro did sail f...Hi Scott - Not to be picky, but Pizarro did sail from Panama (on the Pacific ocean) to San Mateo, where he debarked. He did not travel up the Amazon river.<br /><br />The rest of article is, of course, excellent.Frater.Barrabbashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11689013897789072360noreply@blogger.com