Re: Listening is a function of what you do Justice to

[MrGodkid]

Hi there,

 

Just wanted to add further Wisdom to the discussion.

 

"Listening is a function of what you do Justice to"

 

Have you ever heard something you didn't do Justice to? Not really.

Have you ever tried to hear something someone else wasn't doing Justice to? Not really!

Have you ever tried to work out how to make someone do Justice to something you thought you had done Justice to? Not really!

 

(I am curious as to what people think the work behind listening is... I will search the topics.)

 

Thanks for listening.

[Andrew Aker]

Thanks for adding your thoughts! 

Can you further elaborate what you mean by "doing justice to" something?  

I think that based on knowledge gleaned from previous conversations with Julian we can think of listening not only as a cognitive conscious thing that we do, but also that our ears are picking up sounds all of the time ( which stimulates or hinders brain activity, depending on the types of sound ) whether we like it or not.  The question is how do we tune into or out of the sounds around us?  

Within this paradigm I feel that the traditional concept of justice as being somewhat of an abstraction.   For example, a new born baby can hear and listen ( these to are not quite the same ) but has no concept of doing justice to anything.   However these sounds have a direct effect on the development of the child's brain due to the amount of say cortisol, adrenaline and endorphins that these sound stimuli trigger the release of in their rapidly developing nervous systems.  

Although the nervous system in adults is more rigid than that of a child's, sound stimuli play a big role in our daily lives due to the stress ( or soothing ) it puts on our brains.  Stripping away all human interpretation of sounds as symbols ( words ) we are left with simple stimuli vs. response.   To reiterate, response meaning how our brain's neurological pathways change in response to sound and how that then affects our overall lives and well being.  

Hope to hear more though on your thoughts of justice!  The world needs more of it, I just hope we can all agree on what justice really is!  :D 

Andrew

[MrGodkid]

Justice is an endorphin.

 

Essentially what I am saying is, listening is a function of the sound you are able to manipulate, with exposure to the endorphin inside your head.

 

Dopamine helps extension of a sound, cortisol pushes interrelation between sounds, but only the endorphin can keep you listening (yes, even when it is painful).

 

You are right, we need to agree on Justice - would there be Justice if we did not?

On Saturday, 20 October 2012 23:53:23 UTC+11, Andrew Aker wrote:

Thanks for adding your thoughts! 

Can you further elaborate what you mean by "doing justice to" something?  

 

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Within this paradigm I feel that the traditional concept of justice as being somewhat of an abstraction.   For example, a new born baby can hear and listen ( these to are not quite the same ) but has no concept of doing justice to anything.   However these sounds have a direct effect on the development of the child's brain due to the amount of say cortisol, adrenaline and endorphins that these sound stimuli trigger the release of in their rapidly developing nervous systems.  

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