Not in the mood

[joshuabatista_a]

How come every time I get an awe-inspiring speech for my blog, I NEVER NEED TO BLOG OR DONT HAVE A COMP!?!?!? What the heck? I mean really, is it so much to ask that I get my "Eureka!" moments when I NEED THEM!!? Like the other day, I had a great one, about the false illusion of sexual maturity differences... actually now that I think on it, I can

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Re: no

[joshuabatista_a]

First: I apologize if my previous message was not clear. I meant to express that emotion is what governs our logic and our way way of thinking. I do not agree that there is even a single thought that is created without emotion. I'll try to explain this with another simile: Say that life was a game. Logical thought, which -to put it generally- is technically based on numbers, is capable of being processed, but in order to know if the small numbers are better than the large numbers, we need to know the rules of the game. The rules of the game are what we believe. What we believe is what is taught to us and what we feel is right. (keyword there) So in reality, our logic is governed by our emotions.

Since our minds are all extremely complex computers that, instead of running on a binary system run on a ternary system, I could technically go as far as to say that it is also impossible not to think logically as well, as the two go hand in hand. Illogical thinking would be thinking without the proper use of numbers, but the proper use of numbers is debatable depending on what you feel is the correct number to get.

Either way, I digress. To put it simply, logic is numbers, and logical thinking is thinking on numbers, but in order to know what numbers you want, you need to have the emotion there to know that a certain number is better in a certain situation.

Second: Conspiracy would mean that I was saying that someone rigged results so that they would be right. I'm not saying that. What I AM saying is that people are under the impression that there is solid ground proof that girls mature faster than boys. In essence, I'm saying they are under the belief that you just stated: that it is a fact. It is not a fact, it is a theory.

As for results: Results are only good when you understand all the factors in this study. Change or add a single factor, the results change. We don't understand even half a percent of all the factors that go into the development of the human brain. In order to get a proper study that proves a fact, you need to be aware of all the factors. From there, you need to ensure that those factors which would affect the outcome remain a constant variable and not a dependant. That would mean that a proper study for the development of maturity would be to first list out what the definition of maturity was to the researcher. Second, they would have to take an equal amount of multiple boys and girls to do the study on. Third, these subjects would have to life their lives in a quarantined area where they would be raised all in exactly the same way, with exactly the same things happening to them at the same times, while being in contact with (and here is the impossible part) the same people at the same times who say the same things, and while all eating the same types and amounts of food and sleeping the same amount of times. This process would probably be easier if we knew the factors, but since we don’t, then in order to have a proper study you must have all the possible factors eliminated.

And as for child psych, I've studied on child development, though it was with a therapist, not in high school. And you're right, they say the stages of development are based on many factors such as mental capacity, parenting, health of the child, but they said no such thing about the factors of potential and gender. For potential, that is a very different ball game, and a child's "potential" has nothing to do with affecting their development, rather the other way around. As for gender, they merely noted how the parents opinion would change depending on the gender, and THAT would affect child development.

Re: no

[laceysmurphy_a]

i do not believe that logic and emotion go hand in hand which may be why some people see me as cold. often in my problem-solving i give them the logical and best solution but it is often not the one they want to hear.

XD

as for the child psych thing, i think you need to read my post again because i did not say that it was the gender that gave them that boost. i said it was statistics.

Re: no

[joshuabatista_a]

Well, of course I can understand that you would disagree...there is nothing I think I can say to change that. It is however nice debating the topic.

and btw: "they do not say this is for girls and this is for boys, rather they say this is the approximate amount on time based on many factors such as potential, gender, mental capacity, etc."
I merely noted that you added gender to that list of factors. Forgive me if I misunderstood...

Re: no

[laceysmurphy_a]

LOL no problem. but it would seem we've reached an impasse here. Time to shake hands and thank each other for the nice debate? or would you rather keep it going? XD

Re: no

[joshuabatista_a]

Well, normally I'd like to continue, but I don't see how we could. I mean, I could easily say that just because your logical opinion isn't what others want to hear doesn't mean that the logic wasn't based off of emotion. After all you did say your problem-solving solution was the logical and "best" solution, which would be your belief and because it was your belief that that was the best solution that it was driven by emotion, because without the emotion there would be no best, there would be a "it doesn't matter which way you go". But still, even I weary of a nice and well drawn out debate. So, thank you for the nice debate Lacey :P.