12-28-2011, 05:55 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-28-2011, 06:21 PM by Tenet Nosce.)
(12-28-2011, 03:28 PM)zenmaster Wrote: You mean in english lexicon?
No. I mean as in the "lexicon" as defined by the pre-selected set of words and/or word phrases that the webbots are programmed to search for.
Since it would appear you didn't bother to read the link I offered, here it is, copy and pasted for you:
Clif High Wrote:We employ a technique based on radical linguistics to reduce extracts from readings of dynamic postings on the internet into an archetypical database. With this database of archtypical language, we calculate the rate of change of the language. The forecasts of the future are derived from these calculations. Our calculations are based on a system of associations between words and numeric values for emotional responses from those words. These 'emotional impact indicators' are also of our own devising. They are attached to a data base of over 300/three hundred thousand words. This data base of linked words/phrases and emotions is our lexicon from which the future forecasting is derived.
zenmaster Wrote:It's not a mechanism and can be accounted for by looking at the opposite. "positivity" is the natural datum - the "one thing". And there is a positive evolution. Negative is due to the illusory separation to this dynamic and natural condition. This artificial separation can be described in many ways - discomfort, irritation, dislike, abandonment, control, domination, prejudice, dishonesty, etc.
Sure. That is probably why these reports consistently lead to dire negative predictions that rarely manifest, and if they do, it isn't to the severe degree which was prognosticated. Even the authors of the reports themselves offer this caveat at least one time in every report, and sometimes several.
zenmaster Wrote:Have you ever considered that emotions at that level of language. whether positive or negative, are dualistic and reflect a transient condition of imbalance anyway. The one that focuses on the "positive emotion", will necessarily be pushing "negative" into the unconscious. That's the nature of emotion.
Of course, I have considered that. I'm not as emotionally inept as you appear to believe I am. That is an interesting projection of yours to ponder.
zenmaster Wrote:When we strive to instill or promote transcendence or inspiration we often confuse "positive emotion" with spirituality. Why? Because it "feels good" and that unconscious reaction of emotion is the closest thing we've experienced to a positive reality. We see such efforts of spreading emotion in the elevationist youtube videos, which are designed to induce a state (of 'release').
That is quite true. Although I don't really understand why you seem to feel compelled to reiterate this again and again. Do you feel like anybody isn't hearing and/or believing you on this particular point? Otherwise, yes, that is an astute observation.
Have you considered that it might be more fruitful to take the time to attempt to understand another person's point of view, before you criticize it? That would really help to cut down on projections, mischaracterizations, and strawman arguments.
Also, in the future might I recommend that you refrain from interpreting my use of an exclamation point (!) as a sign of being in some sort of over-exuberant or "elevationist" state. Despite your continued projections of this onto me (and others), in reality my personality tends to get distorted more to the wry side of emotion.