Orbis non sufficit
Monday, October 17, 2005
Lego Star Wars Rocks!
Friday, October 07, 2005
Learned Helplessness
"Dogs who experience electric shocks they cannot avoid by their actions simply give up trying. They will passively endure later shocks that they could easily escape..."
"...People who feel battered by unsolvable problems learn to be helpless; they become passive, slower to learn, anxious and sad..."
"one in three subjects - rats, dogs or people - never became "helpless", no matter how many shocks or problems beset them."
-So what do you have to do to find happiness?, The Sunday Times, October 2 2005.
I think thats something quite special. Be one of the one in three.
Also if you havn't seen any cool movies on the interweb recently, check this out:
Wushu meets Star Wars
It's really quite a well done little movie.
*Update - The name of that article is now a link to the whole thing for those interested in reading the rest of it.
"Dogs who experience electric shocks they cannot avoid by their actions simply give up trying. They will passively endure later shocks that they could easily escape..."
"...People who feel battered by unsolvable problems learn to be helpless; they become passive, slower to learn, anxious and sad..."
"one in three subjects - rats, dogs or people - never became "helpless", no matter how many shocks or problems beset them."
-So what do you have to do to find happiness?, The Sunday Times, October 2 2005.
I think thats something quite special. Be one of the one in three.
Also if you havn't seen any cool movies on the interweb recently, check this out:
Wushu meets Star Wars
It's really quite a well done little movie.
*Update - The name of that article is now a link to the whole thing for those interested in reading the rest of it.
Monday, October 03, 2005
Wushu Open Day!
This Thursday the monash wushu club whom I train with are having a day where everyone can bring along some inexperienced people who want to try out some wushu, just to give it a whirl. Theres a free pizza dinner beforehand and such too, so come along if you feel like it. Only drawback is that it's up in clayton where we always train. Heading is a link to more info if anyone is interested.
This Thursday the monash wushu club whom I train with are having a day where everyone can bring along some inexperienced people who want to try out some wushu, just to give it a whirl. Theres a free pizza dinner beforehand and such too, so come along if you feel like it. Only drawback is that it's up in clayton where we always train. Heading is a link to more info if anyone is interested.
