Interesting Links for 28-01-2013

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• Anatomically accurate, knitted BRAAAAIIIINNN!
  (tags: via #maelfroth SCIENCE!!! braaaaaains posttofacebook awesome clever biology )
• BBC News - Quantum biology: Do weird physics effects abound in nature?
  "These three things... have dispelled the idea that quantum mechanics had nothing to say about biology."
  (tags: SCIENCE!!! living in the future interesting weird biology quantum physics science )
• 5 Ways You're Accidentally Making Everyone Hate You | Cracked.com
  #1 is on largely on privilege — 'You didn't perceive yourself as being in a position of power because that is the main advantage of power'
  (tags: priviledge posttofacebook via zoe stavri psychology power image interesting culture )

Comments

5 Ways You're Accidentally Making Everyone Hate You | Cracked.com

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

I find it so easy to do the "silence" one, or something similar. I'll assume I'm always the outsider in any group, and that by doing anything other than staying silent I'm being pushy -- and forget that I prefer other people to make a cheery greeting whoeever they are...

Re: 5 Ways You're Accidentally Making Everyone Hate You | Cracked.com

[fearmeforiampink]

Aye. I often find myself saying nothing in a general conversation because I find it hard to butt into the conversation without feeling like I'm interrupting. I also sometimes have times when I'm less verbal; I'll wave hello, smile, and otherwise respond to people, but will default to not talking unless there's a definite need to do so.

Re: 5 Ways You're Accidentally Making Everyone Hate You | Cracked.com

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I've done the same thing in relationships with people too. Several people have commented that when they first got to know me I was very quiet. From my point of view, the conversation was fine, all I was doing was not interrupting them in order to talk about what I wanted to talk about. But from their point of view, I wasn't really contributing much. All because my threshold for "how much silence before it's normal to introduce a radically new topic of conversation" was 2s, and theirs was 0.2s.