http://trueslant.com/ryansager/2009/10/02/compassionate-nature/ A newswire of human stupidity Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:16:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://trueslant.com/ryansager/2009/10/02/compassionate-nature/comment-page-1/#comment-1798 - Ryan Sager - Neuroworld - True/Slant Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:28:44 +0000 http://trueslant.com/ryansager/?p=6182#comment-1798 [...] I continue to be stunned by just how nice everyone you run into is in any given park — even the prisoners, truth be told, [...] [...] I continue to be stunned by just how nice everyone you run into is in any given park — even the prisoners, truth be told, [...]

]]> http://trueslant.com/ryansager/2009/10/02/compassionate-nature/comment-page-1/#comment-1206 brillow Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:13:19 +0000 http://trueslant.com/ryansager/?p=6182#comment-1206 Our “authentic selves”? What a scientific statement! Here's a better explanation I just made up. Viewing trees and clouds and mountains is RELAXING. Viewing skyscrapers and highways is STRESSFUL. People are nicer to others when they are relaxed. I mean, you show someone a highway, a place which evokes frustration at your fellow humans, and then ask them to share? WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN? Our “authentic selves”? What a scientific statement! Here’s a better explanation I just made up. Viewing trees and clouds and mountains is RELAXING. Viewing skyscrapers and highways is STRESSFUL. People are nicer to others when they are relaxed. I mean, you show someone a highway, a place which evokes frustration at your fellow humans, and then ask them to share? WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN?

]]> http://trueslant.com/ryansager/2009/10/02/compassionate-nature/comment-page-1/#comment-1202 Tweets that mention Ryan Sager - Neuroworld – Compassionate Nature - True/Slant -- Topsy.com Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:35:29 +0000 http://trueslant.com/ryansager/?p=6182#comment-1202 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by ryansager. ryansager said: Exposure to nature makes us more compassionate: http://bit.ly/18E2a1 [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by ryansager. ryansager said: Exposure to nature makes us more compassionate: http://bit.ly/18E2a1 [...]

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