Mirrors Don’t Lie.. : -)


	Mirrors Don’t Lie.. : -)

einbar

7-22-2008 2:34 AM

1704 views

einbar says:

“When people are made to be self-aware, they are likelier to stop and think about what they are doing,” Dr. Bodenhausen said. “A byproduct of that awareness may be a shift away from acting on autopilot toward more desirable ways of behaving.” Physical self-reflection, in other words, encourages philosophical self-reflection, a crash course in the Socratic notion that you cannot know or appreciate others until you know yourself. "

5 Comments |

Add a Comment

7-22-2008 7:11 AM

einbar

Don’t miss the "mirrow images" for that you have to go throw the direct link http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/science/22angi.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&ref=science&oref=slogin
Multimedia Graphic Mirror Images

7-22-2008 7:52 AM

debbyski

"A brunette, redhead and blonde went to a fitness spa for some fun and relaxation. After a stimulating, healthy lunch, all three decided to visit the ladies room. There they found a strange-looking woman sitting at the door's entrance.

"Welcome to the ladies room," she said. "Be sure to check out our newest feature a mirror which will award you one wish if you look into it and make a truthful statement. But, be warned, if you say something false you'll be sucked into the mirror and you'll live in a void of nothingness for all eternity!" The three women were intrigued so they gave it a shot.

The brunette looked into the mirror and said, "I think I'm the most beautiful of us three girls." In...

7-22-2008 12:41 PM

Socratoad

pop for very interesting clip.

And pop for Debby's humor

7-22-2008 11:51 PM

dakotayii

Funny- debbyski

7-25-2008 10:03 PM

bmeuppls

When people are MADE to be self aware? Don't think that is possible... trained to emulate the self aware, possibility, but self aware is a perception thing, it's either accurate or it's not, but it can't be programmed. As soon as you attempt to train another, you are imposing yourself on their awareness and distorting the truth.

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from July 22, 2008

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ababe4f7-264d-4b66-a08a-102d17e02046/67DEA15A-788C-4166-BBE5-55BD62A83CB2/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/science/22angi.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=science" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/science/22angi.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=science" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/science/22angi.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=science"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nytimes.com/img/9C9E84B3-9B24-4454-A00E-83180905AC5C" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/science/22angi.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=science"> For the aging narcissist of <A title="More articles about William Shakespeare." 
href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/william_shakespeare/index.html?inline=nyt-per">Shakespeare</A>’s 
62nd sonnet, the mirror delivered a much-needed whack to his vanity, the sight 
of a face “beated and chopp’d with tann’d antiquity” underscoring the limits of 
self-love.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/science/22angi.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=science"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nytimes.com/img/F4D16FEA-CAC4-4AD0-A35B-8EF712CD0436" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/science/22angi.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=science">To scientists, the simultaneous simplicity and complexity of mirrors make them 
powerful tools for exploring questions about perception and cognition in humans 
and other neuronally gifted species, and how the brain interprets and acts upon 
the great tides of sensory information from the external world.</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/science/22angi.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=science" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/science/22angi.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=science" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/science/22angi.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=science"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nytimes.com/img/6394435F-5F3C-4FE6-9C2D-3039CA262F4F" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/science/22angi.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=science">How can we be so self-delusional when the truth stares back at us? “Although we 
do indeed see ourselves in the mirror every day, we don’t look exactly the same 
every time,”</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/science/22angi.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=science"> “Which image is you?”</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/science/22angi.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=science">“Our research shows that people, on average, resolve that ambiguity in their 
favor, forming a representation of their image that is more attractive than they 
actually are.” </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/science/22angi.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=science"><DIV id="inlineMultimedia"><H4>Multimedia</H4><DIV><A href="javascript:pop_me_up2('http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/07/22/science/200080722_ANGI_GRAPHIC.html', '620_728', 'width=620,height=728,location=no,scrollbars=yes,toolbars=no,resizable=yes')"><IMG height="126" alt="Mirror Images" hspace="0" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/07/22/science/0722-sci-MIRROR190.126.jpg" width="190" vspace="0" border="0" /><SPAN>Graphic</SPAN> </A><H2><A href="javascript:pop_me_up2('http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/07/22/science/200080722_ANGI_GRAPHIC.html', '620_728', 'width=620,height=728,location=no,scrollbars=yes,toolbars=no,resizable=yes')">Mirror Images</A> </H2><DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/67DEA15A-788C-4166-BBE5-55BD62A83CB2/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

New from the makers of Clipmarks: Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Today's Top Clips