Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jayanand, Here is my personal OT reply: IMHO, the Nobel Committee is engaging in an old and effective practice called positive reinforcement, which in simple terms means rewarding behavior that you wish to encourage, so that you will get more of that behavior. It is the method used to train animals, and works exceedingly well with us human animals too. What behavior is being reinforced? Ah, I'm not sure, but I think it may be a quaint notion that it is better to talk than to shoot. All the best, Bill On Oct 9, 2009, at 6:37 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > Whatever it is given for, it seems extremely premature - you do not > hand out Nobel Peace Prizes because someone is good at public > speaking, which is all he has done so far. I cannot understand the > politics behind it, can someone enlighten me? > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 6:57 PM, Ric Carter <ricc at embarqmail.com> > wrote: >> I might also add though that I think this award is always given to >> encourage >> hope. >> >> ric >> >> >> On Oct 9, 2009, at 9:22 AM, Ric Carter wrote: >> >>> well said >>> >>> ric >>> >>> >>> On Oct 9, 2009, at 8:59 AM, Tina Manley wrote: >>> >>>> I think it's probably the first time the Nobel Peace Prize has >>>> been given >>>> for hope. We all need some hope these days. >>>> >>>> Tina >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information