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1Angry bipolar patient posts personal attacks about my hair. 1 Citation Last week I had one of those bipolar zealots come on to my videos and start spewing the usual myths about bipolar disorder. Apparently my talking about how to get rid of mania naturally has this girl angry enough to want to shake babies. I like that. I like the idea that my psychotherapy instructions can cause a bipolar drone like Kim to lose her emotional and cognitive composure. It means some deep denial and cognitive dissonance is going on in her mind. I would encourage her to dig d, technorati.com
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Energy and the future - space based power and cognitive dissonance 1 Citation One of the most interesting and challenging bits of cognitive dissonance you can find these days is the following conflict: On one side are those who believe that a technological breakthrough related to energy is needed, and that massive investment in said technologies along with life-style changes are vital to the survival of modern civilization. On the other side are those who believe that such a technology breakthrough is unlikely, or that it is too late for such a massive investment in a w, technorati.com
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The Dialectics: of the bloodthirsty, missionary delusion 1 Citation Eurozine: "The Left treading on the Right", by Andrei Plesu (...) I recently attended a very civilized debate in Sofia on the views of the Right and the Left, organized by the esteemed political scientist Ivan Krastev. The gathering of familiar participants included Alexander Smolar and Gáspár Miklós Tamás, as well as numerous journalists and experts from Germany, Italy, Spain, Turkey, the US, Albania and Portugal. (...) The problem with the leaders of the Right (...) is that their... [[ Th, technorati.com
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1 Citation Main Entry: cognitive dissonance Function: noun : anxiety that results from simultaneously holding contradictory or otherwise incompatible attitudes, beliefs, or the like. Dictionary.com Unabridged, Based on the Random House Dictionary Victor Davis Hanson points out the tremendous cognitive dissonance which Obama and his many supporters would impose upon us: 1. The Budget. Wanting to cut $17 billion from the budget, as President Obama has promised, is proof of financial responsibility., technorati.com
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Sandra Bullock & Ryan Reynolds: our marriages are not for sale, they tell People 1 Citation I wasn?t even going to report on any of the press Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds are doing for their film The Proposal . The film looks terrible, it will probably crash and burn, and Ryan and Sandra are out there saying whatever they can to get press for it. But this interview they did with People Magazine was just annoying. Apparently, Sandra and her husband Jesse James are very close to Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson. Which is fine. I now know this because Sandra and Ryan ta, technorati.com
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Sandra Bullock & Ryan Reynolds: our marriages are not for sale, they tell People 1 Citation I wasn?t even going to report on any of the press Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds are doing for their film The Proposal . The film looks terrible, it will probably crash and burn, and Ryan and Sandra are out there saying whatever they can to get press for it. But this interview they did with People Magazine was just annoying. Apparently, Sandra and her husband Jesse James are very close to Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson. Which is fine. I now know this because Sandra and Ryan ta, technorati.com
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Just A Bit Of Cognitive Dissonance In Obama?s Speech 1 Citation Bloodthirsty Liberal wonders how the U.S. could even be accused of foisting our values on others if they?re universal values we?re supposedly imposing ? Posted in Obama Tagged: Cognitive Dissonance, Politics, technorati.com
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What if an Atheist saw an Angel? 1 Citation It is not that the atheist demands evidence and the theist does not; it is that the kinds of acceptable evidence are different., technorati.com
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1 Citation When I start trying to take better care of myself; when I start trying to rename/reframe/re-whatever things in my head, I run into the following internal conversations: Sanity: Tonight I?ll honor my body and take care of it by not eating an entire pint of ice cream. I had a good dinner; now I?ll just go to bed. Insanity: Maybe a LITTLE ice cream. Moderation is good, right? Sanity: No. Right now I don?t have the control for moderation, so no ice cream. I?m going to let my body detox, technorati.com
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How to Back Out of an Accepted Job Offer 1 Citation Anonymous writes: I accepted a job offer over the phone and now, a week later, I have decided that I do not want this position after all. I am supposed to start next Tuesday, a week from now. How do I go about declining this offer now? The Career Doctor responds: The most important rule is to tell the employer as soon as possible. Don?t fret over the change too much. Just as with buying an expensive product, we often experience cognitive dissonance ? sometimes referred to as, technorati.com
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