Wednesday 29 February 2012

Something nice..

I write this as an aside to the required blog posts, but I just wanted to share the video.


Looking at the MRI images today in class reminded me of this "competition".  It's very sweet.  Enjoy.




Do You Have What it Takes to Win a Love Competition?


(Sorry; turns out I don't know how to embed a video, so a link will have to suffice)

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2 comments:

  1. SimpleLife7 March 2012 at 00:16

    Hi Sean,

    Thanks for sharing this thoughtful video. I find it amazing how love as an abstract concept can be measured by the amount of secretions in the brain when someone is in love. As I've guessed in the beginning of the video, it is palpable the old couple won the first prize while to my surprise, the kid won the second prize. My first general conclusion watching this is love can only be experienced and felt intensely with understanding and time. Love is not just an idea which you can talk, discuss about and meditate on. (example of the champion of this game) The second conclusion that I draw from this is perhaps love can be more intensely experienced with a child's simple heart and faith. (example of the 1st runner- up of this game) Complicated thoughts in the adult world can hinder love to flow and be communicated. I also realize the reaction of love on a body is more than words and emotions can express. And I find this parallel comparison with the effect of music that works on our bodies. Music affects the body more than we know and be conscious of. It will be an interesting study to work on to find out the impact of listening to Lady Gaga's songs on the brains by looking at the secretion that is induced by music. Similar to this study, different ages are selected for this study to see how the age factor plays into this. I also want to applaud the innovation in the use of technology, here it is how MRI can be used to not just do brain scan to check for tumor but it can be used now to understand more about human's psychology. This is fascinating, thanks for sharing again! :)

    Cheers,
    Rachelle

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  2. Sean7 March 2012 at 08:02

    Rachelle, I was not surprised that winner was the long married married man, either. You could really tell from his interview before hand that he was still very much in love and felt himself the luckiest man alive. Even my frosty heart melted a little.
    The kid, Milo, being the runner up did surprise me a little. I assumed that there was a difference between the love of a child, undeveloped and naïve, and that of an adult, but lo and behold he rocked that competition! Thinking about his baby cousin to boot, and not "crush" love as he put it. So love is more universal than I thought I guess. And, as the old idiom (psalm?) goes: "out of the mouths of babes..."

    Anyway, I was happy to share. It's uplifting somehow. I am glad you enjoyed it!

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