Comments on: The Magnificence of the Hubble Telescope Space Mission http://www.evolutionshift.com/blog/2009/05/19/the-magnificence-of-the-hubble-telescope-space-mission/ A Future Look at Today Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:38:37 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jack Altschuler http://www.evolutionshift.com/blog/2009/05/19/the-magnificence-of-the-hubble-telescope-space-mission/comment-page-1/#comment-65669 Jack Altschuler Sat, 23 May 2009 00:39:04 +0000 http://www.evolutionshift.com/blog/?p=356#comment-65669 David, a piece that you mention bears emphasis. It is the way we see what is WOW! and then quickly ignore it as ordinary and focus on the next WOW!. We are bombarded by what is presented as sensational and there is a price that we pay for that. We become desensitized. And we become insensitive. We are like the dissected frog's leg we saw in high school biology class that twitched from an electrical shock, but after repeated shocks failed to respond at all. We, like the frog leg, are saturated with that particular WOW! and need a new fix. We humans respond little to incremental change, but those changes eventually add up to huge changes that we don't notice. My grandfather would have been shocked and outraged to see a baseball player spitting on an umpire and then being allowed to continue in the sport. Or a basketball player trying to strangle his coach - twice. He also would have been unable to comprehend a conversation about whether we Americans should torture prisoners. But incremental change happens and we tolerate what becomes huge results. Both the lack of response to WOW! events when we're past the original WOW! and our blindness to incremental change are a call to us to be mindful of what is going on, to pay attention and to fully show up. Either way, whether we remain mindful or just look for the next WOW!, there are consequences. Best, Jack David, a piece that you mention bears emphasis. It is the way we see what is WOW! and then quickly ignore it as ordinary and focus on the next WOW!.

We are bombarded by what is presented as sensational and there is a price that we pay for that. We become desensitized. And we become insensitive. We are like the dissected frog’s leg we saw in high school biology class that twitched from an electrical shock, but after repeated shocks failed to respond at all. We, like the frog leg, are saturated with that particular WOW! and need a new fix.

We humans respond little to incremental change, but those changes eventually add up to huge changes that we don’t notice. My grandfather would have been shocked and outraged to see a baseball player spitting on an umpire and then being allowed to continue in the sport. Or a basketball player trying to strangle his coach – twice. He also would have been unable to comprehend a conversation about whether we Americans should torture prisoners. But incremental change happens and we tolerate what becomes huge results.

Both the lack of response to WOW! events when we’re past the original WOW! and our blindness to incremental change are a call to us to be mindful of what is going on, to pay attention and to fully show up. Either way, whether we remain mindful or just look for the next WOW!, there are consequences.

Best,

Jack

]]> By: Colonel Robert F. Cunningham http://www.evolutionshift.com/blog/2009/05/19/the-magnificence-of-the-hubble-telescope-space-mission/comment-page-1/#comment-65665 Colonel Robert F. Cunningham Tue, 19 May 2009 22:30:27 +0000 http://www.evolutionshift.com/blog/?p=356#comment-65665 Projects like the Hubble and Very Large Array (here in New Mexico) are about the only things left in the US 'budget' menu that (1) are worth while, in spite of the expense) and (2) aren't prescribed somewhere in the gobble-de-stupid of Marx & Engles ... Keep us advised, we can't trust ANY major media for the full truth about anything ....... Colonel Robert F. Cunningham The Akurians. Projects like the Hubble and Very Large Array (here in New Mexico) are about the only things left in the US ‘budget’ menu that (1) are worth while, in spite of the expense) and (2) aren’t prescribed somewhere in the gobble-de-stupid of Marx & Engles …

Keep us advised, we can’t trust ANY major media for the full truth about anything …….

Colonel Robert F. Cunningham
The Akurians.

]]> By: Henry Burnett http://www.evolutionshift.com/blog/2009/05/19/the-magnificence-of-the-hubble-telescope-space-mission/comment-page-1/#comment-65663 Henry Burnett Tue, 19 May 2009 18:40:35 +0000 http://www.evolutionshift.com/blog/?p=356#comment-65663 Hey David, With advent of the Internet and billions of information channels at our fingertips; we must be more vigilant in managing our incoming channels of communication. I find that I rely on CBS’s weekly 60 Minutes, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and David Houle’s Evolution Shift Blog to keep me informed. What Hubble Telescope Space Mission? You were the first to call this to my attention. Best, Henry Hey David,

With advent of the Internet and billions of information channels at our fingertips; we must be more vigilant in managing our incoming channels of communication.

I find that I rely on CBS’s weekly 60 Minutes, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and David Houle’s Evolution Shift Blog to keep me informed.

What Hubble Telescope Space Mission? You were the first to call this to my attention.

Best,

Henry

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