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Speaker 0 (0s): <inaudible>
Speaker 1 (9s): So ascribing, meaning to events. That's the first one there Generalisation Deletion Distortion here we go. The next key idea is when we learn, we generalize. When we learn, we generalize this color person robbed that person over there. Therefore, all of these colors, people, Rob people, the guy speeding past me. It was in a red car.
Therefore red cars, all speed, the guy and this kind of uniform takes away the bad guys. Therefore the people in these kind of uniforms always take away bad guys. Do you see it? So they call those. That's like a heuristic. It's like a mental shortcut that people do. So they don't have to do long, hard thinking about it. Not because they're lazy, not cause they don't want to do long, long, critical thinking.
It's just a mental shortcut that most people use in order to get on with their day. Right? It's like having the, the doors auto lock instead of having to reach over and lock them yourself. The doors. When I shut my door, they auto lock there for, I don't need to lock the doors. So you got to be in charge of your own thinking and re evaluate and retune the way you think things through generalizations can be good.
They allow us to save time. They allow us to have a big picture and they allow us to have a foundation on which to judge. However, it is those generalizations that at times back us into a corner or it is those generalizations that allow us to be manipulated. Think of the BLM movement. How are people generalizing that? How do you generalize that?
Another key idea is still on Generalisation is Generalisation is how beliefs get formed. Billy's filter all the different stimuli coming in the mind doesn't really get raw information it no longer to get to choose. So if you think about that, think about any event that happens and there's multiple variables and each variable is based on a Generalisation. Doesn't have to be complicated if you take time to think it through and really understand it, then you can do some fine tuning.
However, if you're not going to do that, you can understand how multiple variables variables based on Generalisation can lead you to a, a thought process that is going to persuade you to do something you don't want to do. The next key point Deletion Deletion is when the mind ignores specific sensory input, right? Maybe your, your flying down the freeway.
And you're going to see something up ahead and fill out on a truck so that you have to swerve in this
Speaker 2 (3m 29s): Big WC. What you did in
Speaker 1 (3m 32s): Your mind is deleting the fact that the car next to the U, that you just passed is yellow. It's deleting the input that you're under an underpass. You know, it was deleting the information that you don't need at the moment. Again is another heuristic. And again, it's, it's an effective strategy. That's that's, these are techniques that are hardwired into the majority of us, but can you think of a time when Deletion might not be that well, if there is a subtle detail that you might need to recall, if you think about the process of Deletion, then when you find yourself and critical moments, you will instinctually understand the concept of Deletion and you won't be as susceptible to Deletion.
Does that make sense? Let me just do this for you, because I love ya. The next time you are in a situation, you listening to this right now, we'll be able to recall that situation very clearly without deletion. The next time you are in a situation, you will be able to recall that situation without Deletion, without Deletion right now, very clearly to recall that situation very clearly without Deletion to recall that situation without Deletion instinctually, understand the concept of Deletion, you will not allow generalizations to fog or muddy the waters of clarity of the situation.
Next key point Distortion Distortion is changing an experience from what it actually is to some modified form of It. You see, this is a term Distortion or something that gets a bad one,
Speaker 2 (5m 40s): Right?
Speaker 1 (5m 43s): And it's a technique as a form of Distortion that is found. And a lot of it, Psychopaths, lunatics,
Speaker 2 (5m 56s): Heroes, successful people
Speaker 1 (6m 5s): Distortion as something that's found on both sides of the spectrum. And the further you go out on the spectrum of each side, whether it's the spectrum of the hero or the spectrum on the psychopath it's equally used. Does that make sense? So I think about a situation where you saw an event and then you change the details of that event.
Lawyers are really good at using this technique to change the picture, the mental picture for the jury,
Speaker 2 (6m 49s): Right?
Speaker 1 (6m 52s): There was a, a, a, there's a famous book about this guy called the Iceman. I'll get the, I'll get, I'll find that the title of it. And I'll try to put it on the show notes, but this guy was like a, he was a Hitman from the mob and he would, he did some really interesting interviews where he talked about why he did the things that he did. He also talked about the morality of what he did or the lack thereof morality, and he used distortion quite a bit.
It's also the same techniques that the majority of our scientists use when creating weapons of war. If you think about Oppenheimer are Einstein in how their research has led to some of the most catastrophic technology on the planet. When they were a question about why would you spend so much time in work, trying to create something that is going to have such disastrous effects? The immediate answer is usually either patriotism or it is usually something along the lines of, in the big picture of science as good for everybody.
And there's the chain of signs that will come from this disastrous scientific experiment while in the long run, better humanity. And that's all bullshit. That's all just Distortion right. The true nature of someone's belief may not be appealing either to themselves or anybody else. And that is when they turn to Distortion, whether they're the hero or the psychopath,
Speaker 2 (8m 43s): Right?
Speaker 1 (8m 44s): Each of us, the next key point, each of us is a blend of body brain. In mind. I want you to think about that, the way you perceive the situation of where you perceive information, the way you perceive the words that are spoken to you, the way you perceive the words that are spoken from you, the way that the world has seen through your eyes,
Speaker 2 (9m 12s): They're all a little bit different. You pick up right
Speaker 1 (9m 17s): Perceptions through your body, the way you move your hands, the way you see people squint their eyes or touch their nose or run their hands through their hair. When they're speaking are all signs that you're picking up,
Speaker 2 (9m 33s): Right?
Speaker 1 (9m 33s): How about the olfactory sense? There's some people who say that when you walk into a room, you instinctually take a deep breath,
Speaker 2 (9m 43s): Ah,
Speaker 1 (9m 45s): And that deep breath provides information to you via pheromones from everybody in that room. It's a fascinating concept. And I would challenge you to think about that. The next time you walk into the room, a crowded room at a party. SI if you take a deep breath, if you didn't catch it, it's because you're not paying attention. If you didn't catch it, take another deep breath, just take a deep breath in through your nose, let it out.
And then immediately, what's the first thing you look at after you take that breath. Do you look at the people in the corner person in front of you? Do you stop and just look around and try and connect your movement to what you see immediately after taking that first inhalation after taken that first breath will come to your mind, who are you looking at? That's a sign that your body interpreting evidence that you may not be aware of.
Its a very important one. And if you can begin to understand that particular situation and pay attention to it, it'll take some time, but you will soon recognize a pattern And like any muscle or like any pattern. Once you understand it, you can increase that pattern and make it more effective and efficient in your life. And this is a really good one. So I really want you guys to try to think about it and work on it. It's something that we all do unconsciously, but if your child, if you're tuned into it, you can take a deep breath, Interpret, just take a, take a big deep breath and then let it out and see that room in that room.
You, you we'll see what you need to see in that room. Right? So much we think about breathing so many times we hear about breathing in yoga, but this is like a side part that nobody talks about. You know, we're always talking about breath and breathing, but how much information can you get from breathing? Most people think it's a relaxing technique. Most people think it's just kind of a way to clear your mind and those are all true, but there's something else there.
And that is reading the information on the pheromones in the room. Think about it, practice it.
https://app.podscribe.ai/episode/62205477
Speaker 0 (0s): <inaudible>
Speaker 1 (9s): So ascribing, meaning to events. That's the first one there Generalisation Deletion Distortion here we go. The next key idea is when we learn, we generalize. When we learn, we generalize this color person robbed that person over there. Therefore, all of these colors, people, Rob people, the guy speeding past me. It was in a red car.
Therefore red cars, all speed, the guy and this kind of uniform takes away the bad guys. Therefore the people in these kind of uniforms always take away bad guys. Do you see it? So they call those. That's like a heuristic. It's like a mental shortcut that people do. So they don't have to do long, hard thinking about it. Not because they're lazy, not cause they don't want to do long, long, critical thinking.
It's just a mental shortcut that most people use in order to get on with their day. Right? It's like having the, the doors auto lock instead of having to reach over and lock them yourself. The doors. When I shut my door, they auto lock there for, I don't need to lock the doors. So you got to be in charge of your own thinking and re evaluate and retune the way you think things through generalizations can be good.
They allow us to save time. They allow us to have a big picture and they allow us to have a foundation on which to judge. However, it is those generalizations that at times back us into a corner or it is those generalizations that allow us to be manipulated. Think of the BLM movement. How are people generalizing that? How do you generalize that?
Another key idea is still on Generalisation is Generalisation is how beliefs get formed. Billy's filter all the different stimuli coming in the mind doesn't really get raw information it no longer to get to choose. So if you think about that, think about any event that happens and there's multiple variables and each variable is based on a Generalisation. Doesn't have to be complicated if you take time to think it through and really understand it, then you can do some fine tuning.
However, if you're not going to do that, you can understand how multiple variables variables based on Generalisation can lead you to a, a thought process that is going to persuade you to do something you don't want to do. The next key point Deletion Deletion is when the mind ignores specific sensory input, right? Maybe your, your flying down the freeway.
And you're going to see something up ahead and fill out on a truck so that you have to swerve in this
Speaker 2 (3m 29s): Big WC. What you did in
Speaker 1 (3m 32s): Your mind is deleting the fact that the car next to the U, that you just passed is yellow. It's deleting the input that you're under an underpass. You know, it was deleting the information that you don't need at the moment. Again is another heuristic. And again, it's, it's an effective strategy. That's that's, these are techniques that are hardwired into the majority of us, but can you think of a time when Deletion might not be that well, if there is a subtle detail that you might need to recall, if you think about the process of Deletion, then when you find yourself and critical moments, you will instinctually understand the concept of Deletion and you won't be as susceptible to Deletion.
Does that make sense? Let me just do this for you, because I love ya. The next time you are in a situation, you listening to this right now, we'll be able to recall that situation very clearly without deletion. The next time you are in a situation, you will be able to recall that situation without Deletion, without Deletion right now, very clearly to recall that situation very clearly without Deletion to recall that situation without Deletion instinctually, understand the concept of Deletion, you will not allow generalizations to fog or muddy the waters of clarity of the situation.
Next key point Distortion Distortion is changing an experience from what it actually is to some modified form of It. You see, this is a term Distortion or something that gets a bad one,
Speaker 2 (5m 40s): Right?
Speaker 1 (5m 43s): And it's a technique as a form of Distortion that is found. And a lot of it, Psychopaths, lunatics,
Speaker 2 (5m 56s): Heroes, successful people
Speaker 1 (6m 5s): Distortion as something that's found on both sides of the spectrum. And the further you go out on the spectrum of each side, whether it's the spectrum of the hero or the spectrum on the psychopath it's equally used. Does that make sense? So I think about a situation where you saw an event and then you change the details of that event.
Lawyers are really good at using this technique to change the picture, the mental picture for the jury,
Speaker 2 (6m 49s): Right?
Speaker 1 (6m 52s): There was a, a, a, there's a famous book about this guy called the Iceman. I'll get the, I'll get, I'll find that the title of it. And I'll try to put it on the show notes, but this guy was like a, he was a Hitman from the mob and he would, he did some really interesting interviews where he talked about why he did the things that he did. He also talked about the morality of what he did or the lack thereof morality, and he used distortion quite a bit.
It's also the same techniques that the majority of our scientists use when creating weapons of war. If you think about Oppenheimer are Einstein in how their research has led to some of the most catastrophic technology on the planet. When they were a question about why would you spend so much time in work, trying to create something that is going to have such disastrous effects? The immediate answer is usually either patriotism or it is usually something along the lines of, in the big picture of science as good for everybody.
And there's the chain of signs that will come from this disastrous scientific experiment while in the long run, better humanity. And that's all bullshit. That's all just Distortion right. The true nature of someone's belief may not be appealing either to themselves or anybody else. And that is when they turn to Distortion, whether they're the hero or the psychopath,
Speaker 2 (8m 43s): Right?
Speaker 1 (8m 44s): Each of us, the next key point, each of us is a blend of body brain. In mind. I want you to think about that, the way you perceive the situation of where you perceive information, the way you perceive the words that are spoken to you, the way you perceive the words that are spoken from you, the way that the world has seen through your eyes,
Speaker 2 (9m 12s): They're all a little bit different. You pick up right
Speaker 1 (9m 17s): Perceptions through your body, the way you move your hands, the way you see people squint their eyes or touch their nose or run their hands through their hair. When they're speaking are all signs that you're picking up,
Speaker 2 (9m 33s): Right?
Speaker 1 (9m 33s): How about the olfactory sense? There's some people who say that when you walk into a room, you instinctually take a deep breath,
Speaker 2 (9m 43s): Ah,
Speaker 1 (9m 45s): And that deep breath provides information to you via pheromones from everybody in that room. It's a fascinating concept. And I would challenge you to think about that. The next time you walk into the room, a crowded room at a party. SI if you take a deep breath, if you didn't catch it, it's because you're not paying attention. If you didn't catch it, take another deep breath, just take a deep breath in through your nose, let it out.
And then immediately, what's the first thing you look at after you take that breath. Do you look at the people in the corner person in front of you? Do you stop and just look around and try and connect your movement to what you see immediately after taking that first inhalation after taken that first breath will come to your mind, who are you looking at? That's a sign that your body interpreting evidence that you may not be aware of.
Its a very important one. And if you can begin to understand that particular situation and pay attention to it, it'll take some time, but you will soon recognize a pattern And like any muscle or like any pattern. Once you understand it, you can increase that pattern and make it more effective and efficient in your life. And this is a really good one. So I really want you guys to try to think about it and work on it. It's something that we all do unconsciously, but if your child, if you're tuned into it, you can take a deep breath, Interpret, just take a, take a big deep breath and then let it out and see that room in that room.
You, you we'll see what you need to see in that room. Right? So much we think about breathing so many times we hear about breathing in yoga, but this is like a side part that nobody talks about. You know, we're always talking about breath and breathing, but how much information can you get from breathing? Most people think it's a relaxing technique. Most people think it's just kind of a way to clear your mind and those are all true, but there's something else there.
And that is reading the information on the pheromones in the room. Think about it, practice it.
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