Has society driven you into the negativity bias? If so How?

SFC Stephen King — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 11:34:54 -0500

The negativity bias is the phenomena by which humans give more psychological weight to bad experiences than a good ones. In fact, some researchers assert that negative emotions have an impact close to 3x stronger than positive emotions.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 29 at 2015 11:46 AM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 11:46:24 -0500

SFC Stephen King Mass media feeds off negative information and plasters us with headlines sometimes for weeks on end of negative aspects of events, seldom do we hear about a positive aspect of goodwill occurring within the event.
Mass media feeds us unimportant events for example right now in the news we're all hearing about Eathan Couch being caught. His case is remarkable only because a Judge bought his defense (I'm not responsible for the manslaughter of 4 people because I'm rich and my parents didn't provide me with limits aka the Affluenza defense). This news is important only to a microcosm of people and needs to be recognized as such, it is not news worthy of national attention.
This type of reporting has led me to stop watching news on the T.V. and to seek alternative sources.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 29 at 2015 12:00 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 12:00:32 -0500

SFC Stephen King I wonder if it isn't more of an evolutionary hard wiring thing vs a societal thing. I would think that it would be a survival mechanism that it's better for your brian to remember and give more weight to the location that you ran into the lion that tried to eat you versus the location where you saw the cute bunny rabbitt. I know that they have done many studies with people who gamble, and have found that the pain of losing a certain amount of money far exceeds the pleasure of winning that same amount of money. That leads people to chase their losses more in order to avoid that pain and they end up even worse off. I'm guessing that this trait holds true across most if not all societies, so it may be more of a human characteristic than a learned one from society.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 29 at 2015 12:34 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 12:34:14 -0500

I'm a half full type of guy, so I don't focus on the negativity. If it affects me personally, sure, I take care of it. If it is outside of my control, I just let it pass!

Response by COL Charles Williams made Dec 29 at 2015 12:40 PM

COL Charles Williams — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 12:40:21 -0500

It has not... I am Mr. Half Full!

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 29 at 2015 1:49 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 13:49:11 -0500

I see the glass as it has water and I am thirsty.

Response by SFC Stephen King made Dec 29 at 2015 4:06 PM

SFC Stephen King — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 16:06:49 -0500

Think about the last time you heard someone say this unit, post or state has nothing to offer. Did you agree?

Response by PO3 Brad Phlipot made Dec 29 at 2015 7:12 PM

PO3 Brad Phlipot — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 19:12:43 -0500

Yes and No. In the last 8yrs I have seen everything I was raised to believe in turned upside down, I have been told shut up and go with the flow it is now PC. I have watched friends die unnecessarily, I have seen millions of Christians murdered and children slaughtered for mental illness, yet still I 'm told to shut up this is the PC thing, I'm constantly being told ISLAM is peaceful despite my experiences and what I have see since getting out and when I speak of it openly I'm called a racist a radical or a Christian Extremest. Clearly old dogs like me must pass on for this new Disneyland to succeed because my type is NOT wanted A Department of Defense teaching guide meant to fight extremism advises students that rather than “dressing in sheets” modern-day radicals “will talk of individual liberties, states’ rights, and how to make the world a better place,” and describes 18th-century American patriots seeking freedom from the British as belonging to “extremist ideologies.”

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/08/23/defense-department-guide-calls-founding-fathers-extremist/#ixzz3vl4qtfkY

http://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/judicial-watch-obtains-defense-department-teaching-documents-suggests-extremists-to-mainstream-conservative-views/

Defense Department guide calls Founding Fathers ‘extremist’

A Department of Defense teaching guide meant to fight extremism advises students that rather than "dressing in sheets" modern-day radicals "will talk of individual liberties, states' rights, and how t

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 30 at 2015 1:28 AM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 01:28:45 -0500

I was going to try being a pessimist, but figured it probably wouldn't work anyway.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 30 at 2015 2:35 AM

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 02:35:34 -0500

I'm so negative now that I just see the cup as too big.