Rats show the forces behind capitalism
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
behavior, particularly under conditions of extreme competition, aka
"capitalism." Such system unleashes the full potential of people to
engage in the Rat Race, and thus we must learn from rats and mice...
"This is a most interesting and enlightening collection of 3 films
from the 1940s that show various behaviorism and social psychology
experiments on lab rats. The results are very revealing both about
animal psychology and human psychology! You can't find this DVD
anywhere else. Table Of Contents: (1) Competition and Dominance
Hierarchies in Rats (1940) - This silent film from 1940 shows three
rats competing over one piece of food and the hierarchies that develop
between the rodents during the struggle - 13 Minutes (2) Motivation
and Reward in Learning (1948) - In this series of psychological
experiments on rats from 1948, behavior is influenced by reward and
punishment as the rodents learn to press a lever to get food or
perform a variety of other actions to avoid being shocked. This is an
interesting study of learned behavior and cognitive ability even in
the smallest creatures - 14 Minutes (3) Experimentally Produced Social
Problems in Rats (1940's) - The results of this study are very
intriguing. A lever is placed on one side of a box containing three
rats. When one rat learns to press the lever for food, the other rats
eat the food before the one doing the work can run and grab the food.
Eventually, the rat pressing the lever learns to drop enough food for
all of them. Amazing! Use this in the classroom as a study on
capitalism!"
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Now we are ready to understand human behavior in a scientific and fun
way. I will turn my attention to my mice as we prepare for discussion.
My latest addition to my "experiments" is to add a second wheel so the
dominant mouse --the fittest-- doesn't ignore the other.
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THE WISE TIBETAN MONKEY SAYS
"We must learn from all species in our ignorant ways"
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
> If one really understands Capitalism they would know it is the only system
> that makes it possible for EVERYONE to have enough "food," not just the
> selected few. ;)
And yet most of the wealth created is wasted in aberrant behavior,*
while some mice go begging.
* such as SUVs and motorboats.
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
not exactly sure what I will prove, but it is said that, THREE IS
BETTER THAN TWO, AND FOUR BETTER THAN THREE. This is a fact that I was
able to prove with my parakeets, where I found out that THE MORE THE
MERRIER.
Last night the dominant mouse chased the weaker one in a frenzy, but
things are back to normal. Notice there's no lack of food or wheels,
so their violence is spontaneous like in some humans.
They are supposed to be an ALL FEMALE POPULATION, so there's no reason
for copulation. Maybe they are desperate for a male, which sometimes
is a source of aggression in women.
I will keep you posted as they are sitting right next to my computer.
They are sleeping at this moment.
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
calendar). Right after the extinction of mankind, which is happening
this century, the rats and mice will take over the word.
In many ways they are smarter than humans AND are small enough not to
overwhelm the earth AND SEEM TO BE BETTER AT PROBLEM SOLVING than
humans.
My mice chose a toilet paper tube to sleep out of all places in the
cage, which shows their high degree of ingenuity. How many humans have
that capacity to find a solution to simple problems, such as sitting
in traffic for hours?
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
"We all have a rat inside, but some feed it while others try to tame
it"
That future will come when we all start living like rats.
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
On Jul 14, 11:23 am, Trance Gemini <trancegemi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Put it right in the crazy ladies doorway....where she'll step on it ;-)
Hey Gemini, there's some greater threat than feral cats and crazy
ladies on a "charity" mission...
It's perfectly understood by a powerful symbol: A DRY WATER FOUNTAIN
WITH HOMELESS SITTING AROUND. Once upon a time, a fountain symbolized
a sense of CIVILIZATION, ART AND COMMUNITY. Now the emphasis has been
shifted FROM COMMUNITY TO GATED COMMUNITY.
My community has such a dry fountain with the homeless while the
people have turned indifferent to it all. Those who can afford it move
to gated communities and live in anonymity. It's "trendy."
I guess we do live in the last days of civilization, and in that sense
the Christians are right. They are part of the problem!
Anyway here's to beauty and hope...
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
On Jul 14, 12:13 pm, Trance Gemini <trancegemi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 12:00 PM, His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of
> the Movement of Tantra-Hammock <comandante.ban...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Anyway here's to beauty and hope...
>
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain#Fountains_in_Europe
>
> Cheers!
There's also opposition to the Fat Cats (not to be confused with the
kitty cats) coming not from the mice and rats, but from the colorful
parakeets. They are not coming from the underground, but from the
wilderness...
Parakeets have a special message. They are unhappy indoors like us,
and explode in cheerfulness the minute they see the sun and the trees.
All those messages are translated by me, the Wise Tibetan Monkey, but
the deeper messages are held by Buddha Reincarnate (my girlfriend
doesn't like the name, but I must emphasize its similarities). "Her
Highness the Monk Parrot" is really an example of civilized behavior
and wisdom.
She says something is coming soon...
http://atom.smasher.org/streetparty/?l1=Coming+Soon%3A&l2=the&l3=Banana+Revolution!&l4=
Here's a recent interview with her...
Q: It is said you are a "foragers"... What's that?
A: It means something equivalent to "hunter-gatherers" in humans, but
your race is too stupid to interpret that to mean you must go out and
do something.
Q: Why you spin the wheel like mice?
A: For the same reason above. Since we can't fly because we are in the
cage, we must do something.
Q: Are you a Monk or a Priest?
A: I'm a Monk, descendant of Buddha, not a priest of dubious sexual
reputation.
Q: What do you recommend for humanity?
A: "Burn the calories!" she said in her squeaky voice.