tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206373238418288113.post741912749610568679..comments2023-08-19T10:04:08.922+01:00Comments on Thought • Art • Representation: Ariely’s OrigamiJim Hamlynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16488331333061422244noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206373238418288113.post-12129966747720929282012-02-28T20:34:45.834+00:002012-02-28T20:34:45.834+00:00“These findings do not mean that people enjoy pain...<i>“These findings do not mean that people enjoy painful experiences, such as filling out their income-tax forms, or that people enjoy things because they are associated with pain. What they do show is that if a person voluntarily goes through a difficult or a painful experience in order to attain some goal or object, that goal or object becomes more attractive.”</i> – Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson, <i>Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)</i>Jim Hamlynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16488331333061422244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206373238418288113.post-70373488077377769302011-08-01T12:38:33.242+01:002011-08-01T12:38:33.242+01:00The accrued skill in mastering a task has equal im...The accrued skill in mastering a task has equal importance to the conceptual ideals that drive the need to perform the task.<br /><br />Why are you making origami why not paper planes? <br /><br />Through repetition of a task you get better at it and you understand the skill and why you perform it more deeply.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206373238418288113.post-79828524115930362762011-07-29T16:55:28.436+01:002011-07-29T16:55:28.436+01:00Great bit of lateral thinking there Anonymous - th...Great bit of lateral thinking there Anonymous - there's obviously a lot more to 'knowing' than intellect alone!Jim Hamlynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16488331333061422244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206373238418288113.post-83412707651808569202011-07-29T15:22:01.413+01:002011-07-29T15:22:01.413+01:00I KNOW I'm not an intellectual now, as this is...I KNOW I'm not an intellectual now, as this is what that video made me think of:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvZgwtpPmLYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com