This is what psychologists call the 'negativity bias', they think we've evolved this to keep us away from harm. Basically, we're more likely to remember scary of painful events more than happy ones - remember unkind events more than kind ones, process bad news more thoroughly than good. As for self-perception we're highly motivated to avoid a bad image so react with stronger emotions to criticism more than to praise. On the other hand we can overcome this negativity bias by over-estimating their own positive qualities.
Monday 27 October 2014
Saturday 18 October 2014
Winning a Paralympic Medal | Oscar Pistorius Trial October 2014
It takes a lot to win a Paralympic medal - someone who's severely disabled gets chucked well and truly onto the biggest stage disabled sport gets. London was unique in the fact we kind of ignored the fact these were disabled people and treated them more like "superhumans" - once more Oscar not only competed at the Paralympics, but the Olympics too making history.
The Paralympians push the boundaries of science - they use revolutionary technology, all in an effort to improve their performance for the biggest stage, the Paralympics.
On Valentine's Day 2013, Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius was thrown into one of the biggest, most public legal battles South Africa has seen. People can judge all they like, make whatever assumptions as to what really happened - but above all we might not ever know what really happened. But whatever your view there are no winners or losers in Oscar's trial. Oscar was poster boy of the Olympics and Paralympics, he's since lost all of that - he's lost sponsorships and literally all his money - he's not only broke but also broken. The Judge has to decide whether Oscar is better in jail or more use to society out of jail, facing a long community service sentence and house arrest. But on the other side Reeva's parents have lost their daughter - accident or not, it's still a human life, and a price should be paid. Although what that price is, is up to the Judge. We're so judgemental that whatever you think, we shouldn't forget the history Oscar made in 2012 - it's easy to judge we're not there not even remotely involved in the trial, I just hope that the judge makes the right decision on Tuesday, whatever that decision is.
The Paralympians push the boundaries of science - they use revolutionary technology, all in an effort to improve their performance for the biggest stage, the Paralympics.
On Valentine's Day 2013, Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius was thrown into one of the biggest, most public legal battles South Africa has seen. People can judge all they like, make whatever assumptions as to what really happened - but above all we might not ever know what really happened. But whatever your view there are no winners or losers in Oscar's trial. Oscar was poster boy of the Olympics and Paralympics, he's since lost all of that - he's lost sponsorships and literally all his money - he's not only broke but also broken. The Judge has to decide whether Oscar is better in jail or more use to society out of jail, facing a long community service sentence and house arrest. But on the other side Reeva's parents have lost their daughter - accident or not, it's still a human life, and a price should be paid. Although what that price is, is up to the Judge. We're so judgemental that whatever you think, we shouldn't forget the history Oscar made in 2012 - it's easy to judge we're not there not even remotely involved in the trial, I just hope that the judge makes the right decision on Tuesday, whatever that decision is.
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