tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2380026113343238335.post7047800480607365399..comments2023-10-24T09:02:46.460-04:00Comments on allison wrote.: that cover!allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05699884615574079730noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2380026113343238335.post-22981802876896103842008-07-15T00:36:00.000-04:002008-07-15T00:36:00.000-04:00Such a good post! I read the whole post, didn't un...Such a good post! I read the whole post, didn't understand all of it because I don't watch the news or am up with all the politics, but I still don't like the cover. (I think) it's supposed to be a joke, but people that don't read the New Yorker are going to look at it and think that they're suggesting that's who the Obama's are. I sure would think that.KATLINhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07039736276176136973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2380026113343238335.post-78343038579540625152008-07-14T13:04:00.000-04:002008-07-14T13:04:00.000-04:00You know, Brandi, I heard something very similar. ...You know, Brandi, I heard something very similar. People remember most clearly the first thing they hear or see about a subject and not any further modifications to their knowledge about it. I believe that it's called the primacy effect, but I didn't know it was so overwhelmingly apparent.<BR/><BR/>It's pretty depressing that, even with refutations, people are inclined to believe the first thing they hear.<BR/><BR/>I guess it's in our biology to do so, but who are these people? I'm such a nerd that if I'm unsure of something, I google it and remember what I found out. I haaate being wrong. Not that I hate having my beliefs challenged, but I hate when I have some idea that I assume is well-reasoned and is actually blatantly wrong, because I either misheard, assumed wrong, or didn't remember.allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05699884615574079730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2380026113343238335.post-73002973705451644462008-07-14T12:52:00.000-04:002008-07-14T12:52:00.000-04:00I read an article that I posted to FB a couple wee...I read an article that I posted to FB a couple weeks ago about memory, and it said that people lose the associations with the memories they make, remembering only the idea itself (sans any "true" or "false" connotations). <BR/><BR/>So, people may possibly store these new extreme images of the Obama family without the logical connection that they are ridiculous, which may end up haunting the entire campaign. Like, farmer ted in nowhere-ville may now forever have the militant image of Mrs. Obama burned into the crevices of his memory, just without the additional details of satire or mockery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2380026113343238335.post-63011129992010830272008-07-14T12:51:00.000-04:002008-07-14T12:51:00.000-04:00This reminds me of the whole Jesse Jackson/Barack ...This reminds me of the whole Jesse Jackson/Barack Obama debacle. Jesse Jackson makes negative statements about Obama and how he is a disgrace to black people and now says, oops I didn't know anyone was listening. So, what now? All the faithful Jesse Jackson followers are going to blindly vote for John McCain because Jackson wants to cut off Obama's nuts? Way to fucking go Jackson! I'm sure McCain will thank-you in his inagural speech and maybe give you a position as head of homeland security. It's almost embarrassing to be a democrat right now.Dennisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11853387026139691460noreply@blogger.com