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I'm passionate about

big ideas ,learning ,psychology (why we do what we do),music,translation, The Simpson, human connections ,comedy,asking questions ,food...

Talk to me about

psychology ,learning ,poetry ,music, stories of humility ,big ideas.how can we make this world a better place .youth.change.life and death and things in between

People don't know that I'm good at

cooking ,thinking about questions and answers. amusing myself with funny thoughts all the way to work and laughing out. being funny.

My TED Story

i was searching Nellie Mckay the other day and found a video of her on TED --"feminists dont have a sense of humor" and that's how i got to know a lot of other great talks.

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• A comment on Conversation: What is the opposite of "Idea " ?

  Mar 3 2013: Is there a opposite? 0.0

• A comment on Conversation: Can Business Really Appropriate â��Authenticityâ��?

  Mar 3 2013: I think business can establish links to authenticity but need to pay prices for doing so since its so much easier and more profitable of not doing so.

• A reply on Conversation: Do right and wrong exist?

  Mar 3 2013: “good question ; i think wrong and right become a convention between people it's like the coulours concept.so when i say this coulour is red or blue by convention that i say it is .it means that every one agrees . and it's so for wrong and right.”
  
  
  You wrote it?

• A reply on Conversation: Do right and wrong exist?

  Mar 2 2013: I would say universally wrong.
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  A reply on Conversation: Can we think without any presumptions?

  Mar 1 2013: Hi Dan I understand that presumptions are not necessarily bad.But it could sometimes make people fail to to take things as they are as well. Since I realise that "what it is" could be merely another form of not taking it for what it is.
  
  Interaction is quite a complicated process intelligent or not. Presumptions derive from experience dismiss information goes against it and seek for justifications and even creat reality that in turn reinfores them.

• A reply on Conversation: Can we think without any presumptions?

  Feb 27 2013: hey Arkady, thats exactly what i have been wodering about! Good thinking there to always admit opinion is always biased. we do that not only when we make moral judgements as I have noticed myself and others did that many times.hahaha
  
  Emm...the quote from Alan Watts makes a lot of sense.

• A reply on Conversation: Can we think without any presumptions?

  Feb 24 2013: Hi Mitch。Yes ，body and mind are interconnected and so do all the different layers in that loop process you mentioned.Spirit? Why?
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  A reply on Conversation: Can we think without any presumptions?

  Feb 21 2013: Yes ,we get confined when we choose to .The thing is sometimes we are not so concious and aware of what are some of these presumptions. Being more mindfully aware could be a way to detect them I agree.

• A reply on Conversation: Can we think without any presumptions?

  Feb 21 2013: the savannah example is interesting ,need to watch it.Ha, "Im too close to them to see them".thats really true.thanks for sharing Leo!
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  A reply on Conversation: Can we think without any presumptions?

  Feb 21 2013: Hi Colleen!!Glad to see you again!!
  
  Yes, our mind could be limited by presumptions or bias and I can see the importance of being open-minded that you mentioned.:D