Sunday, March 16, 2008
R&R:Rule of 150 and Case Studies from the Tipping Point
Hey, so I'm still readin' away on Gladwell's novel The Tipping Point. Most lately though, I have read about the Rule of 150 and the Case Studies. Now I'll explain first what the Rule of 150 is.
The Rule of 150 first is explained by how humans are seperated from all other mammals by having the largest brain and are the only mammals to have a specific of the brain known as the neocortex. This deals with the ability to have the power to have complex thoughts and reasoning. Dunbar (creater of this Rule of 150) prediction to why we recieved the neocortex is that of course as the brain evolved to having the neocortex. And it got bigger because of the increase in large complex groups. Dunbar explained that if you belong to a group of 5 you end up keeping track of 10 different relationships inside of the entire group. But if you have19 people involving yourself there are 171 relationships. This is a sense of what it means to know people inside your circle. Humans socialize in the largest group of all primates and according to studies the Rule of 150 comes into effect because there is an approximate maximum of 150 individuals in which you can have a social relationship with. People say though, that when the 150th relationship occurs, something special within the group happens.
Now later in the book they talk about the Case Studies. These studies talk about the epidemic of rumors, sneakers and the power of translation. Then it talks about the Airwalk and when it's tipping point occured. How the airwalk tip came was by what sociologists call the diffusion model which is "a detailed, academic way of looking at how a contagious idea or innovation moves through a population." One of the most sophisticated analysis of this comes from studies of the rumor which are known as the most contagious of all messages. Psychologists said they have found that the process of distortion which is explained in the book is "univeral in the spread of rumors."
Give you updates on the end of the book later.
--KP
The Rule of 150 first is explained by how humans are seperated from all other mammals by having the largest brain and are the only mammals to have a specific of the brain known as the neocortex. This deals with the ability to have the power to have complex thoughts and reasoning. Dunbar (creater of this Rule of 150) prediction to why we recieved the neocortex is that of course as the brain evolved to having the neocortex. And it got bigger because of the increase in large complex groups. Dunbar explained that if you belong to a group of 5 you end up keeping track of 10 different relationships inside of the entire group. But if you have19 people involving yourself there are 171 relationships. This is a sense of what it means to know people inside your circle. Humans socialize in the largest group of all primates and according to studies the Rule of 150 comes into effect because there is an approximate maximum of 150 individuals in which you can have a social relationship with. People say though, that when the 150th relationship occurs, something special within the group happens.
Now later in the book they talk about the Case Studies. These studies talk about the epidemic of rumors, sneakers and the power of translation. Then it talks about the Airwalk and when it's tipping point occured. How the airwalk tip came was by what sociologists call the diffusion model which is "a detailed, academic way of looking at how a contagious idea or innovation moves through a population." One of the most sophisticated analysis of this comes from studies of the rumor which are known as the most contagious of all messages. Psychologists said they have found that the process of distortion which is explained in the book is "univeral in the spread of rumors."
Give you updates on the end of the book later.
--KP
OC#2: Selection Sunday, Baby!!!!!!!!!!!!
As you may or may not know today is Selection Sunday in the world of College Basketball. It is a day in which the NCAA Selection Committee selects (wouldn't you figure) 64 teams from the Division 1 College Basketball Field to come play in a tournament that decides that National Champion of the College Basketball World. For college sports fans this could be considered the biggest Sunday of the year.
Tomorrow, millions of brackets will be printed out and filled, and millions of Tournament Pools among businesses, families and friends as well as many others will be made to serve the winner of the pool bragging rights for the whole year as the headmind in the sport of College Basketball. In fact, I'm sure that billions of dollars among the U.S. lies on these pools.
Being an avid Ohio State Buckeye fan I woke up early this morning to see what the ESPN "Bracketologist's" word on their opinion on where the Buckeyes fate may be. Will they make the field of 64 or not?
Currently the Buckeyes are on what they call the "bubble, where they truly don't know where their fate lies until the selection committee announces the field later today. Right now the bracketologists (in their opinion) has put the Buckeyes as one of the last 4 teams IN the tournament, but even the ESPN bracketologists dont really know for sure if the Buckeyes "bubble will be bursted" or not.
So if you are interested,tune into CBS later today to see if the Buckeyes make it in or not and who the rest of the field is.
To see more info on the tournament or to test your smarts in College Basketball visit http://espn.com/.
Talk to you later.
--KP
Tomorrow, millions of brackets will be printed out and filled, and millions of Tournament Pools among businesses, families and friends as well as many others will be made to serve the winner of the pool bragging rights for the whole year as the headmind in the sport of College Basketball. In fact, I'm sure that billions of dollars among the U.S. lies on these pools.
Being an avid Ohio State Buckeye fan I woke up early this morning to see what the ESPN "Bracketologist's" word on their opinion on where the Buckeyes fate may be. Will they make the field of 64 or not?
Currently the Buckeyes are on what they call the "bubble, where they truly don't know where their fate lies until the selection committee announces the field later today. Right now the bracketologists (in their opinion) has put the Buckeyes as one of the last 4 teams IN the tournament, but even the ESPN bracketologists dont really know for sure if the Buckeyes "bubble will be bursted" or not.
So if you are interested,tune into CBS later today to see if the Buckeyes make it in or not and who the rest of the field is.
To see more info on the tournament or to test your smarts in College Basketball visit http://espn.com/.
Talk to you later.
--KP
OC#1: Reservation Road, the movie
Hey guys whats up, so I just wrote to tell you that the movie I'm in has come out on DVD. It was in theatres for a short period of time. It is called Reservation Road, which many of my Linworth friends have probably read in Jen's class first semester. The movie is directed by Terry George whom also directed the infamous Hotel Rwanda. Big name actors in the film are Jen Connelly, Joaquin Pheonix, Mark Ruffalo, Elle Fanning (Dakota's little sister,) Mira Sorvino and Sean Curley. While I was acting on the set of Reservation Road, I was able to meet all of these great people and get to know them a little bit.
In the movie, I was in three scenes, all with the main characters involved in the scene. I played the role of the buddy of the main kid in the movie, Josh Learner played by Sean Curley (aka Pablo the Penquin in Nickelodeon's Backyardigans.)
It was truly a great experience where I made great connections. And it is definetly a experience I will remember for the rest of my life.
I encourage you to check out the trailer on YouTube by going to YouTube and searching Reservation Road. I hope you enjoy it. And if you do enjoy it, I also encourage you to buy the DVD.
Thanks!
--KP
In the movie, I was in three scenes, all with the main characters involved in the scene. I played the role of the buddy of the main kid in the movie, Josh Learner played by Sean Curley (aka Pablo the Penquin in Nickelodeon's Backyardigans.)
It was truly a great experience where I made great connections. And it is definetly a experience I will remember for the rest of my life.
I encourage you to check out the trailer on YouTube by going to YouTube and searching Reservation Road. I hope you enjoy it. And if you do enjoy it, I also encourage you to buy the DVD.
Thanks!
--KP
My thoughts on Umang's Collegephobia
My friend Umang whom is a junior at my school, the Linworth Alternative Program recently wrote a blog he called Collegephobia which you can read at http://umangp.blogspot.com/. The blog talked about how college admissions way of choosing students into their college is very, i'll just say "messed up," and that the way most colleges require SAT and ACT scores and take these scores into huge consideration in deciding who gets in or not, in my opinion is not an accurate way to decide whom the best students in the applicant pool are.
I mean yesterday I was watching a Fresh Prince of BelAir episode on NickatNite and they showed an episode of how Will and Carleton both individually (at different times) were being interviewed by Princeton. Now, anyone who has seen Fresh Prince knows that Carleton was always the one with good test scores and excellent grades, while Will on the other hand is the "slacker" who is a fresh breath of air from the rough areas of Philly and is a kid who likes to party. But during the interview with the Princeton man, Will was just himself. He told the Princeton man what he liked to do, who he was and just about his life in general and the Princeton man ended up liking him and offered him a spot at Princeton the following year. Carleton on the other hand, with great scores came in to the interview, not acting like himself as he would normally, but as Will (who he had heard was accepted into Princeton.) Carleton dressed oddly and talked funny and even made a threat to the Princeton man himself, who ended up calling Carleton a psycho.
The reason I brought this up is, I think the best way of getting to a good college and a college you might enjoy is not all about great test scores, but having a great personality and being a good people person and most importantly just be who you are and if they deny you from the college that you've dreamt of, well dreams change so dont be discouraged because there will be a college out there that fits you entirely in every sense.
Also I wanted to make a point to people who decide who gets in a college or denied from a college, that maybe looking into people's personalities a little more rather than just deciding there acceptees mainly from test scores, you may get the truly better person as well as student into your college. Because as Umang said, really anyone can train enough for SAT's or ACT's to do very well on it.
Also maybe if you would look more into people's personalities, like I said previously, you might be able to avoid accepting violent individuals, like Carleton during his interview with the Princeton man or like the students who started all of these shootings at colleges like NIU, UNC and VT. Because I wonder if they scored very highly on their test scores and if they did that was probably a good reason to why they were accepted into these schools, but now look what happened in result, many unfortunate deaths of innocent students.
--KP
I mean yesterday I was watching a Fresh Prince of BelAir episode on NickatNite and they showed an episode of how Will and Carleton both individually (at different times) were being interviewed by Princeton. Now, anyone who has seen Fresh Prince knows that Carleton was always the one with good test scores and excellent grades, while Will on the other hand is the "slacker" who is a fresh breath of air from the rough areas of Philly and is a kid who likes to party. But during the interview with the Princeton man, Will was just himself. He told the Princeton man what he liked to do, who he was and just about his life in general and the Princeton man ended up liking him and offered him a spot at Princeton the following year. Carleton on the other hand, with great scores came in to the interview, not acting like himself as he would normally, but as Will (who he had heard was accepted into Princeton.) Carleton dressed oddly and talked funny and even made a threat to the Princeton man himself, who ended up calling Carleton a psycho.
The reason I brought this up is, I think the best way of getting to a good college and a college you might enjoy is not all about great test scores, but having a great personality and being a good people person and most importantly just be who you are and if they deny you from the college that you've dreamt of, well dreams change so dont be discouraged because there will be a college out there that fits you entirely in every sense.
Also I wanted to make a point to people who decide who gets in a college or denied from a college, that maybe looking into people's personalities a little more rather than just deciding there acceptees mainly from test scores, you may get the truly better person as well as student into your college. Because as Umang said, really anyone can train enough for SAT's or ACT's to do very well on it.
Also maybe if you would look more into people's personalities, like I said previously, you might be able to avoid accepting violent individuals, like Carleton during his interview with the Princeton man or like the students who started all of these shootings at colleges like NIU, UNC and VT. Because I wonder if they scored very highly on their test scores and if they did that was probably a good reason to why they were accepted into these schools, but now look what happened in result, many unfortunate deaths of innocent students.
--KP
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Comment Post: View on Kathryn's blog post Shwarzfahrer
While reading and watching Kathryn's post (which you can find at http://classickk.blogspot.com/) on a movie dealing with racism and it's evil it reminded me of a movie I recently saw in my US History Class called Sakko and Vanzetti. This movie dealt with the cruel and unfair trial the anarchist immigrants from Italy Sakko and Vanzetti had to deal with after being charged with robbery and murder at a shoe factory in a place called South Braintree (a suburb outside of Boston) during the period of the Palmer raids.
The one thing about these raids that outraged me that they were cruel unconstitutional acts that I believe were unecessary and just caused more conflict among people in our country. The other thing that outraged me about the movie Sakko and Vanzetti was how the anti-immigrant, racist, anti- anything other than belief in democracy America had at the time and more accurately the northeast of the country had at the time was just extremely outrageous. The thing was how Americans were being anti-immigrant and saying bad things about immigrants when themselves and their ancestors were once immigrants to the USA.
This deals with Katryn's blog I believe because it shows how people who are accused just because of their heritage, race or something they really can't control are truly innocent.
Always remember the golden rule! Treat others the way you want to be treated!
--KP
The one thing about these raids that outraged me that they were cruel unconstitutional acts that I believe were unecessary and just caused more conflict among people in our country. The other thing that outraged me about the movie Sakko and Vanzetti was how the anti-immigrant, racist, anti- anything other than belief in democracy America had at the time and more accurately the northeast of the country had at the time was just extremely outrageous. The thing was how Americans were being anti-immigrant and saying bad things about immigrants when themselves and their ancestors were once immigrants to the USA.
This deals with Katryn's blog I believe because it shows how people who are accused just because of their heritage, race or something they really can't control are truly innocent.
Always remember the golden rule! Treat others the way you want to be treated!
--KP
OC2: OGT are they necessary?
Hey so since I'm a sophomore in high school I have to take the Ohio Graduation Tests tomorrow through next Friday and I know they're suppose to be easy but I wonder should these tests alone really determine whether we graduate high school or not. I mean my thought is that some kids don't do well on tests but get good grades in school because they work hard on their homework and do the little things in order to get a good grade my other thought is they should determine whether you graduate high school or not, not by a graduation test but whether you pass or fail your classes. It's truly simple if you dont fail your classes through your 4 years, you graduate but if you fail your classes over the course of 4 years you don't graduate. That's my thought, but I'd like to hear your take on what you think about the OGT.
For more infor about the OGT for all of you Freshmen and Sophomores you can got to http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDefaultPage.aspx?page=1 for more info.
--KP
For more infor about the OGT for all of you Freshmen and Sophomores you can got to http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDefaultPage.aspx?page=1 for more info.
--KP
OC1: Terrelle Pryor and OSU football, will he come or will he go?
As an avid sports fan and a big Ohio State Buckeyes fan I have been following or you could say "observing" there football recruiting class for next year as well as the prospects they would like to have on the team for next year. Among these prospects is the seem to be indecisive Terrelle Pryor a quaterback and two sport blue-chipper from Pennsylvania. Recently a website by the URL adress of http://www.buckeyecommentary.com/ said that Pryor had been recently considering Memphis, not for just football but for mainly basketball which Pryor is very good at Memphis is one of the best teams in the nation. Now the reason why this is such big news is because Pryor is known to have the ability of Troy Smith whom you may know led the Buckeyes to a national championship and a couple big ten titles and won himself a heisman trophy also Pryor didn't even have Memphis on his list previously according to many recruiting websites, they had reported that he had narrowed his decision down to Michigan, OSU, PSU or Oregon and with the added basketball powerhouse of Memphis competing with these football teams could enhance Terelle's decision immensely. So Terrelle if your looking at this blog for some reason, please come to Ohio State bring us back to #1 where the city of Columbus and Ohio State football belong.
Go Bucks!
--KP
Go Bucks!
--KP
R&R: Chapter 5 of "The Tipping Point"
Hey guys, haven't talked to you in a while so anyway lately I have been still reading the book the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell and I figure I would tell you about the chapter I had just read, Chapter 5.
In Chapter 5 of the Tipping Point Gladwell explains the second part of what he calls the Power of Context. In the first sector of the chapter it talks about how the epidemic of this practically unknown author's book called Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood turned into a bestseller what was the process of it reaching the bestseller status? Gladwell in this sector finds that the explanation for the epidemic was simple, Gladwell says "the book was heartwarming and beautifully written," and it also did so well because it spoke to the common person. There was also the fact that Wells was a once-in-a while actress that helped sells. Wells was what they called a classic salesman and as I enjoy watching salesmen try to sell it's a lot of how you present your product. The success of this book is truly a great example of how the Power of Context works. Also Gladwell explains how if a popular person thinks the book is great they spread the word about the book then connectors connect people to the book and the cycle is repeated many many times til the book reaches it's tipping point.
In sector two of the chapter Gladwell talks about the channel capacity concept. This refers to the amount of space in our brain for certain kinds of info. For example he explains why some have perfect pitch and other do not. Not surprisingly human beings can't handle a lot of info at once, I know that at some of my family reunions I have ten people talking to me at once but I can't process what each and everyone is saying if they're saying it at the same time. But the concept of
channel capacity is what seperates humans from the rest, because we have the power to break down and understand complex information.
Finally in the last part of the chapter it talks about the changes in the environment that is external from us and how it extremely effects how we behave personally and how it shapes our personality. Gladwell also talks about in this sector the process of memory and how must of us really only remember a small fraction of the day, from day-to-day. But the Power of Context really does play a huge effect on our life and how our life is run.
Coming to the end of the book, hope it keeps getting better and better.
--KP
In Chapter 5 of the Tipping Point Gladwell explains the second part of what he calls the Power of Context. In the first sector of the chapter it talks about how the epidemic of this practically unknown author's book called Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood turned into a bestseller what was the process of it reaching the bestseller status? Gladwell in this sector finds that the explanation for the epidemic was simple, Gladwell says "the book was heartwarming and beautifully written," and it also did so well because it spoke to the common person. There was also the fact that Wells was a once-in-a while actress that helped sells. Wells was what they called a classic salesman and as I enjoy watching salesmen try to sell it's a lot of how you present your product. The success of this book is truly a great example of how the Power of Context works. Also Gladwell explains how if a popular person thinks the book is great they spread the word about the book then connectors connect people to the book and the cycle is repeated many many times til the book reaches it's tipping point.
In sector two of the chapter Gladwell talks about the channel capacity concept. This refers to the amount of space in our brain for certain kinds of info. For example he explains why some have perfect pitch and other do not. Not surprisingly human beings can't handle a lot of info at once, I know that at some of my family reunions I have ten people talking to me at once but I can't process what each and everyone is saying if they're saying it at the same time. But the concept of
channel capacity is what seperates humans from the rest, because we have the power to break down and understand complex information.
Finally in the last part of the chapter it talks about the changes in the environment that is external from us and how it extremely effects how we behave personally and how it shapes our personality. Gladwell also talks about in this sector the process of memory and how must of us really only remember a small fraction of the day, from day-to-day. But the Power of Context really does play a huge effect on our life and how our life is run.
Coming to the end of the book, hope it keeps getting better and better.
--KP
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