no i's you say ?? how does he see what he's typing ??

no i's you say ?? how does he see what he's typing ??

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I do it all the time and I don't think it's ethically a bad thing. I do it simply because it makes it easier to understand people and what/why they do things. Also because my girlfriend is studying psychology and I find what she tells me interesting.

you are headng down the path of gaaonlne

I work in retail and I try to read every person as well as I can for a few reasons:

a) I have to determine how crazy they are
b) I have to determine what kind of crazy they are

are the biggest, but there are others. Trying to decide how much they are willing to spend is pretty low on that list (surprisingly, for a salesman) because I'd rather seem like a friendly helpful person than be good at selling things to people. Mostly I just have to try to determine as quickly as possible if they are going to have a batshit crazy response to something. Also, riding a busy transit system every day means I have to try and read people based on visual cues so that I can avoid people stabbing me and whatever. It's a serious concern of mine.

If I could read minds yes, I would, but only the minds of strangers who I have no interest in interacting with for more than a few minutes. Anything past that and I'd rather genuinely get to know someone via conversation OR WHATEVER.

lol is being stabbed on the bus really a "serious concern" for you?
i thought i was paranoid...

The question of whether it's right to manipulate people with your interpersonal skills is dependent on whether you believe in free choice. If you are a determinist, then the extent to which you affect others isn't a moral question, but a pragmatic one (the end result of which is either geared to you or geared to your concept of utilitarian "good"). It's a little harder to answer if you believe in free choice, because then you have to reconcile yourself with:
A.) Whether your actions can actually impel someone to change
B.) Whether it is right to steer people's actions in a certain direction, even if you allow that the direction they choose is ultimately their own choice
C.) How you believe that direction is the 'right' one.

I'm a determinist, personally.

...if you were a hard determinist/materialist, ethics would be a completely moot issue because everything that happens is the only thing that could have happened. Therefore your own manipulation of said other was already a predetermined phenomenon set in motion by pre-existing material conditions.

The question of whether it's right to manipulate people with your interpersonal skills is dependent on whether you believe in free choice. If you are a determinist, then the extent to which you affect others isn't a moral question, but a pragmatic one (the end result of which is either geared to you or geared to your concept of utilitarian "good"). It's a little harder to answer if you believe in free choice, because then you have to reconcile yourself with:
A.) Whether your actions can actually impel someone to change
B.) Whether it is right to steer people's actions in a certain direction, even if you allow that the direction they choose is ultimately their own choice
C.) How you believe that direction is the 'right' one.

I'm a determinist, personally.

it's not magic, the other person has a say. if you were really hungry, and someone offered you a sandwich at their house and you went to their house, has your free will been challenged? i guess it's kinda similar to being able to tell when people are hungry and what they want to eat.

I try to read others minds and I do it pretty .... Well.... I normally don't guess like that. what  I do is look at there action and habits they do gives them away and you can normally get Idea what type life style and what type mind set.  But my 2nd boss at wal-mart I read everything he was going to do. Because I had so many Run-ins with him I knew him from the back of my hand.

Then I pushed out to manipulate him to finally solve this shit or get fired (I really didn't care which both solved my problem regardless because I couldn't just quit and expect unemployment to pay me and if I didn't have a car payment I would of quit awhile ago) I knew at least ever month he tries to make something out nothing.

but it's quite a long story so I won't finish it let's just say that tyrant fired me witch I gave it a 90% chance of happening, 9% of nothing getting solved (which was the worst thing that could happen since I was at the point of misery) and about 1% of him listening to me but he never dose so it was a fat chance in hell that would happen.

What he thinks is I did to retaliate. It was something more then he could ever for see.  PS found a better job.(I knew there was a better job one time I told my boss he is a horrible manager and he goes how many boss did I have  I said there was DC witch I got along with him great for almost year till he left. I also was think there where also 4 or 5 stores I been to fix up the store and I could consider them bosses too in a way but I never said that and he basically scoffed at what I was saying. but I know a another employee that had about 6 or 7 and he said he was the worst he ever seen too so. )

you're a hard guy to read, DDay

solution: put your controller in the other port

you're a hard guy to read, DDay

I think you mean literally on the writing and stance structure but if you knew me in person you would say the same thing.

solution: put your controller in the other port

if you know what i mean

you can approach it like you would any other science; come up with a hypothesis and test it, looking for information that both proves and (potentially) disproves your 'interpretation'

also i don't know why you felt the need to distinguish ethics and morality.

Haha, naw, the subway.

I'm not really worried about getting stabbed (that was part wasn't serious) but I am constantly watching for trouble brewing, which it does frequently enough that the energy I spend on it (mild vigilance) is justified. I am less worried about being jumped than I am about somebody near me being harassed. I like to see that shit coming so I can decide if I'll intervene or not. There are also lots of insane people who want to yell at you, so I like to be aware of who they are and avoid them as needed.

when you're riding the rails every day you see some things, man....

for real.

if you know what i mean

You gotta use your solid snake wisely.

 

you can approach it like you would any other science; come up with a hypothesis and test it, looking for information that both proves and (potentially) disproves your 'interpretation'

can you analyze why my cousn always shts n hs drawers