Comments on: I Choose to Accept Personal Responsibility http://www.billrini.com/2006/03/12/i-choose-to-accept-personal-responsibility/ Bill Rini's Poker Weblog Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:56:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: mr bossman http://www.billrini.com/2006/03/12/i-choose-to-accept-personal-responsibility/#comment-11939 mr bossman Sun, 26 Mar 2006 07:05:43 +0000 http://www.billrini.com/2006/03/12/i-choose-to-accept-personal-responsibility/#comment-11939 Hey Bill. I just ran into this response. My personal example is a bit simplified and you're right, you could easily alter the events and insert 'pleasure' and not changes things drastically. There's a big fat area in the middle of the brains in mice all the way up to humans that causes the sensation of pleasure. In fact, if you set up a rat where it can self administer morphine into this brain area it does it so much that they don't eat or drink and eventually die. It sounds like we'll have to disagree on the free will issue. I haven't had alot of success convincing people that they have no choice in anything. This is especially difficult in western cultures which are obsessed with The Individual and often ignore the social environment. And for the record, I don't think there are cosmic forces at work, it's all very real and earthly. But saying that ZeeJustin has a character flaw isn't very satisfying to my if I want to understand why he did what he did. Where did the 'flaw' come from? Was he born with it? Did he catch it? Hey Bill. I just ran into this response. My personal example is a bit simplified and you’re right, you could easily alter the events and insert ‘pleasure’ and not changes things drastically. There’s a big fat area in the middle of the brains in mice all the way up to humans that causes the sensation of pleasure. In fact, if you set up a rat where it can self administer morphine into this brain area it does it so much that they don’t eat or drink and eventually die.

It sounds like we’ll have to disagree on the free will issue. I haven’t had alot of success convincing people that they have no choice in anything. This is especially difficult in western cultures which are obsessed with The Individual and often ignore the social environment. And for the record, I don’t think there are cosmic forces at work, it’s all very real and earthly. But saying that ZeeJustin has a character flaw isn’t very satisfying to my if I want to understand why he did what he did. Where did the ‘flaw’ come from? Was he born with it? Did he catch it?

]]> By: Dead http://www.billrini.com/2006/03/12/i-choose-to-accept-personal-responsibility/#comment-11722 Dead Thu, 23 Mar 2006 06:37:49 +0000 http://www.billrini.com/2006/03/12/i-choose-to-accept-personal-responsibility/#comment-11722 I hear you Bill- I do not know the incident of which you speak, but I assume ZeeJustin is of the younger generation. My wife, who works in higher education, recently had an experience which frames this whole issue: The vending machines in the student lounge were constantly being broken into. No matter what admin tried they could not get it to stop, so ultimately they had to begin locking the doors to the lounge after 4pm, which of course, caused a stir. At a student council meeting the main gist of the students complaints was simply that the machines were too easy to break into. This was the argument presented by a large group of 20somethings. We were floored, to say the least. I hear you Bill- I do not know the incident of which you speak, but I assume ZeeJustin is of the younger generation. My wife, who works in higher education, recently had an experience which frames this whole issue:

The vending machines in the student lounge were constantly being broken into. No matter what admin tried they could not get it to stop, so ultimately they had to begin locking the doors to the lounge after 4pm, which of course, caused a stir. At a student council meeting the main gist of the students complaints was simply that the machines were too easy to break into. This was the argument presented by a large group of 20somethings.

We were floored, to say the least.

]]> By: StudioGlyphic http://www.billrini.com/2006/03/12/i-choose-to-accept-personal-responsibility/#comment-11412 StudioGlyphic Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:15:41 +0000 http://www.billrini.com/2006/03/12/i-choose-to-accept-personal-responsibility/#comment-11412 You cheat(ed) every Friday. I saw you signalling to Katkin whenever you had a strong hand so that he could enter into the pot and help sweeten it. You guys made out like bandits! You cheat(ed) every Friday. I saw you signalling to Katkin whenever you had a strong hand so that he could enter into the pot and help sweeten it. You guys made out like bandits!

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