tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post4931687936454860272..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: HappinessSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-64331886451759036962009-06-24T00:57:29.844-04:002009-06-24T00:57:29.844-04:00To get "geniuses" like Steve working on ...To get "geniuses" like Steve working on problems that actually matter.Ian Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06837467954881003505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-48215043565421370202009-06-21T14:38:44.055-04:002009-06-21T14:38:44.055-04:004: very stable.
"Why have you wasted your ta...4: very stable.<br /><br />"Why have you wasted your talent on theoretical physics, teaching, and blogging, etc?"<br /><br />And you, dear anon, why have you wasted your time commenting on a blog?Dave Baconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506030153326411733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-78363096238943453152009-06-19T18:36:09.261-04:002009-06-19T18:36:09.261-04:00"I find the result a little puzzling as well&..."I find the result a little puzzling as well"<br /><br />That you take personality tests seriously, like your taking economics seriously, means one of two things: your g is not as high as you think or g is not valid in your case.<br /><br />Your quote from Aurelius begs the question: Why have you wasted your talent on theoretical physics, teaching, and blogging, etc? You should be Ian Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06837467954881003505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-62143770621881137742009-06-19T13:59:21.195-04:002009-06-19T13:59:21.195-04:00i got 1 too on neuroticism. Seems like its not tha...i got 1 too on neuroticism. Seems like its not that uncommon and the test doesn't test for many neurotic behaviours.Siddharth Sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13873714722447430597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-50007001882257116092009-06-19T12:40:57.628-04:002009-06-19T12:40:57.628-04:00I hope that's not true!
(4 means very stable,...I hope that's not true!<br /><br />(4 means very stable, or very neurotic?)Steve Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-4397086151902321132009-06-19T11:40:52.755-04:002009-06-19T11:40:52.755-04:00My stability percentile was 4. So that's why ...My stability percentile was 4. So that's why I'll never get a physics (or computer science) job? :)Dave Baconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506030153326411733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-51488633438802608082009-06-18T11:32:10.848-04:002009-06-18T11:32:10.848-04:00"Your anomalously low score on the neuroticis..."Your anomalously low score on the neuroticism scale, if in fact a true reflection of your personality, may indicate why you are not as eminent a theoretical physicist as you could be."<br /><br />It's nice to think so, although perhaps I am just too limited in brainpower ;-)<br /><br />When my dad died I had the opportunity to consider the books and papers he had written, the Steve Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-46293563061141918022009-06-18T01:34:38.187-04:002009-06-18T01:34:38.187-04:00Hey Steve,
Your anomalously low score on the neur...Hey Steve,<br /><br />Your anomalously low score on the neuroticism scale, if in fact a true reflection of your personality, may indicate why you are not as eminent a theoretical physicist as you could be. (Compared with the typical theoretical physicist, you may be less worried about citations, reputation, etc.) On the other hand, the low score may also be directly correlated with the ratio of Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06448058464729483692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-31263687952991568082009-06-17T11:50:41.153-04:002009-06-17T11:50:41.153-04:00Wonderful quote by Marcus Aurilius. How 'bout....Wonderful quote by Marcus Aurilius. How 'bout...<br /><br />"Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness"<br /><br />Chuang-TzuAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02223454565654369550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-22093265515995335122009-06-17T10:14:04.321-04:002009-06-17T10:14:04.321-04:00I saw this poem by Rumi the other day:
This is no...I saw this poem by Rumi the other day:<br /><br />This is now. Now is,<br />all there is. Don't wait for Then;<br />strike the spark, light the fire.<br /><br />Sit at the Beloved's table,<br />feast with gusto, drink your fill<br /><br />then dance<br />the way branches<br />of jasmine and cypress<br />dance in a spring wind.<br /><br />The green earth<br />is your cloth;<br />tailor quercushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00543321403413346748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-30088600829861498732009-06-17T09:07:42.604-04:002009-06-17T09:07:42.604-04:00Reminds me of a post from the NY times happy days ...Reminds me of a post from the NY times happy days blog from last week:<br /><br />http://happydays.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/the-joy-of-less/<br /><br />The key to happiness, in many respects, is decoupling happiness and circumstances.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com