tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post423833915740736264..comments2024-03-14T04:07:39.792-07:00Comments on Earl Pomerantz: Just Thinking...: "Beware of...Stories"Earl Pomerantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963705121297866334noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-90180551585928797512008-06-26T15:38:00.000-07:002008-06-26T15:38:00.000-07:00Funny how some people still don't know we eat gene...Funny how some people still don't know we eat genetically modified crap in North America, yet they banned it in Europe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-44616844869653290492008-06-26T15:29:00.000-07:002008-06-26T15:29:00.000-07:00Here's the link.www.nfb.ca/webextension/monsanto/I...Here's the link.<BR/><BR/>www.nfb.ca/webextension/monsanto/<BR/><BR/>I don't know how to link. But here's the copy/paste.Rusty Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16143817211151177797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-12866946820491038012008-06-26T15:26:00.000-07:002008-06-26T15:26:00.000-07:00In relation to the tomato, and everything scary in...In relation to the tomato, and everything scary in this world, I recommend the French documentary: 'The World According to Monsanto.' <BR/><BR/>It'll make your blood run cold North America!Rusty Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16143817211151177797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-41469437457208262642008-06-26T13:31:00.000-07:002008-06-26T13:31:00.000-07:00I recently was reading this LiveScience article, "...I recently was reading this LiveScience article, <A HREF="http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/080620-bts-wildfires.html" REL="nofollow"><B>"Why People Live in Wildfire Zones"</B></A> (by Jacqueline Meszaros, National Science Foundation), and this bit seems relevant...<BR/><BR/><I>"Understanding risk and taking acceptable action is complex," says Paul Slovic. <BR/><BR/>For decades scientists like Slovic, a psychology professor at the University of Oregon, Eugene, Ore. and president of the Decision Research group there, have studied aspects of these difficult questions. <BR/><BR/>For example, researchers have identified why some people tend to overestimate or underestimate the risks of certain hazards. <B>Hazards that are familiar, visible, and well understood draw less concern than new, invisible, or less understood hazards.</B> <BR/><BR/>Wildfire is a good illustration. In general, people are familiar with fire and understand a good deal about its mechanics, so fire risks are often underestimated or discounted. In contrast, the unfamiliar, invisible hazards posed by electromagnetic radiation tend to appear riskier and draw more concern and demands for government control.</I><BR/><BR/>So a known and seemingly understood threat just doesn't seem as, well, threatening as the obscure ones which folks become aware of (via stories) and then tend to exaggerate due to runaway imaginations.Dimension Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05392348422733549988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-47285010740696999942008-06-26T13:16:00.000-07:002008-06-26T13:16:00.000-07:00You could say our gullibility is the enemy, not st...You could say our gullibility is the enemy, not stories. If you think people get kidnapped weekly, that's your fault. God forbid someone make an interesting story about something thrilling happening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-86461809968858358112008-06-26T10:54:00.000-07:002008-06-26T10:54:00.000-07:00As a horror writer, I can attest to the fact the e...As a horror writer, I can attest to the fact the especially in horror, boring won't cut it. <BR/><BR/>Evil monster lurking in the sewer decides to let people live. Boring.<BR/><BR/>Evil monster lurking in the sewer starts stalking and eating people. Exciting!<BR/><BR/>Well, at least I think it's exciting. But I'm a horror writer and I'm twisted that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-22637186463532135062008-06-26T09:44:00.000-07:002008-06-26T09:44:00.000-07:00I always thought Without a Trace was doing a good ...I always thought Without a Trace was doing a good job of breaking the trend of police procedural shows where one murder is followed by multiple additional murders when the writers finding it hard to make it to the end of the page. You only have to look at the statistics that were produced last year about the life events that British soap opera characters experience compared to the general population to see how skewed drama is compared to real life to see why peoples view of the world is so wrong.impworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08891629480335816158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-69583451945469414752008-06-26T08:18:00.000-07:002008-06-26T08:18:00.000-07:00Good morning, good story!Good morning, good story!growingupartistshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12399714569663568902noreply@blogger.com