Sunday, August 3, 2008
found the wonders of a game a classmate of mine gave me LAST SEM... VT3. and my conclusion that, computers, in games, are dumb. because i can have 3-0, 3-0, and 3-0 scores consecutively. laugh my head off.
ok. ehem. once again i'm back to blogging while studing for exams, a routine which i guess won't be off for some time...
kinda depressed about some things actually, like how the world seems to work for others, and screws itself up for me.
forget that whole 'take things as they come' and 'change to suit the world' thing. in this world 95% of the people are imitators, and 5% are initators. either you be one of the 95%, or the 5%, either be the 'those who can, do', or 'those who can't do, teach' category. you're either a winner, or loser.
pretty competitive. and sometimes, i think persuasion book is really right about liking, social proof and all that whole load of crap.
personally, i find that i used to be subjective to them, until one day i realise i always falls under that exception section of the population, the ones that deviate from the norm too much to be counted in. then i realise, i subject to the weapon of Authority the most. because i'm always constantly asking 'what gives you the right to say that' when i hear something.
i mean, yeah, you have got to be either that 5% who has done it, proven it, preached it, and done it again to say whatever you say is correct and true and worth listening.
well, who's going to believe a speaker when whatever he or she speaks differs from what he or she is doing?
you can't tell a person to look on the brighter side of life when you are suffering from depression?
you can't sell a car when you don't even know how that car works even if you don't drive?
simply put, you can't persuade someone unless you have proof that it works, unless you are an authority.
and frankly, i had enough of evidence-less, support-less, non-authority preaching that comes from sources which i can't even begin to say how wrong they are.
and after reading the book, frankly this is probably the only reason to thank that saches person, i learned more about weapons of influence. and probably this is going to make me, the already hard-to-convince sucker for details and evidence, think more into what people say.
try having a go telling me not to be depressed and look at which side of life. unless you are mother teresa, bill gates, al gore, etc, etc, you're not getting me convinced without solid proof and evidence.
and that, despite all hatred for this guy, i thank you, Aristotle, for teaching me about evidence and proof before emotions.
