Uh oh
So apparently recent studies show that when someone sick knows that they're being prayed for, it significantly increases the chances of complications from their illness. This is probably because the idea of being prayed for is associated with things being really serious.
Being prayed for without knowing it had no significant effect (they didn't get better or worse than those who were told they may or may not be prayed for.)
The lesson is: if you want to pray for someone, don't tell them you're praying for them.
Even I was semi-surprised by this. While I don't believe prayer has any mystical magical effects, I thought it might work by the placebo effect. But this seems to be incorrect.
PART 1
Day 1 - Very first Anime
Day 2 - Favorite Anime You’ve watched so far
Day 3 - Your Anime crush
Day 4 - Anime you’re ashamed you enjoyed
Day 5 - Anime character you feel you are most like (or wish you were)
Day 6 - Most annoying Anime character
Day 7 - Favorite Anime couple
Day 8 - Most epic scene ever
Day 9 - Saddest Anime scene
Day 10 - Favorite slice of life Anime
Day 11 - Favorite mech series
Day 12 - An ecchi picture from your favorite series
Day 13 - Cosplay of your ‘waifu’ or Husbando’
Day 14 - current (or most recent) anime wallpaper
Day 15 - Post a cute Neko-girl
Day 16 - post a kigurumi cosplay of your favorite anime character
Day 17 - Favorite tsundere
Day 18 - Something moe
Day 19 - Mandatory swimsuit post
Day 20 - Favorite shoujo anime
Day 21 - Best yandere character
Day 22 - Favorite boy’s love couple (or yuri couple, if you don’t like that sort of thing)
Day 23 - Anime you think had the best, or most intrigueing art
Day 24 - Favorite anime hero or heroine
Day 25 - Best anime villian
Day 26 - Your favorite harem anime
Day 27 - Favorite anime opening theme song
Day 28 - Favorite pokemon
Day 29 - Favorite school uniform
Day 30 - Anime character you want to cosplay
Of course.
So a long time ago I was thinking and almost came to some understanding, but stopped because I had this crazy idea that the understanding would kill me.
Now I feel like I'm slowly coming to that understanding and I think I might have been right.
Terror management theory is kind of controversial and makes no sense to most people, but I think it couldn't make more sense. I think it goes even further. I think that culture might help keep us alive by distracting us from the truth, or giving incentive to live. While the truth may be beautiful, it offers no incentive to live, and this is the weakness of that knowledge, I think. But a desire to live is obviously adaptive and culture can provide that. Of course, a good fear of death is also necessary.
I think I have to balance it. Actually, it makes a nice circle: insignificance <-> death
I think I'm thinking too much lately. It's because when I try to not procrastinate on my work by doing mindless things, I end up procrastinating by thinking. There is no escape!
Thinking is more productive though.
Being prayed for without knowing it had no significant effect (they didn't get better or worse than those who were told they may or may not be prayed for.)
The lesson is: if you want to pray for someone, don't tell them you're praying for them.
Even I was semi-surprised by this. While I don't believe prayer has any mystical magical effects, I thought it might work by the placebo effect. But this seems to be incorrect.
PART 1
Day 1 - Very first Anime
Day 2 - Favorite Anime You’ve watched so far
Day 3 - Your Anime crush
Day 4 - Anime you’re ashamed you enjoyed
Day 5 - Anime character you feel you are most like (or wish you were)
Day 6 - Most annoying Anime character
Day 7 - Favorite Anime couple
Day 8 - Most epic scene ever
Day 9 - Saddest Anime scene
Day 10 - Favorite slice of life Anime
Day 11 - Favorite mech series
Day 12 - An ecchi picture from your favorite series
Day 13 - Cosplay of your ‘waifu’ or Husbando’
Day 14 - current (or most recent) anime wallpaper
Day 15 - Post a cute Neko-girl
Day 16 - post a kigurumi cosplay of your favorite anime character
Day 17 - Favorite tsundere
Day 18 - Something moe
Day 19 - Mandatory swimsuit post
Day 20 - Favorite shoujo anime
Day 21 - Best yandere character
Day 22 - Favorite boy’s love couple (or yuri couple, if you don’t like that sort of thing)
Day 23 - Anime you think had the best, or most intrigueing art
Day 24 - Favorite anime hero or heroine
Day 25 - Best anime villian
Day 26 - Your favorite harem anime
Day 27 - Favorite anime opening theme song
Day 28 - Favorite pokemon
Day 29 - Favorite school uniform
Day 30 - Anime character you want to cosplay
Of course.
So a long time ago I was thinking and almost came to some understanding, but stopped because I had this crazy idea that the understanding would kill me.
Now I feel like I'm slowly coming to that understanding and I think I might have been right.
Terror management theory is kind of controversial and makes no sense to most people, but I think it couldn't make more sense. I think it goes even further. I think that culture might help keep us alive by distracting us from the truth, or giving incentive to live. While the truth may be beautiful, it offers no incentive to live, and this is the weakness of that knowledge, I think. But a desire to live is obviously adaptive and culture can provide that. Of course, a good fear of death is also necessary.
I think I have to balance it. Actually, it makes a nice circle: insignificance <-> death
I think I'm thinking too much lately. It's because when I try to not procrastinate on my work by doing mindless things, I end up procrastinating by thinking. There is no escape!
Thinking is more productive though.