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Subject: In a fast society slow emotions become extinct
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 10:42:43 +0530
From: "m.p.yadav" <[log in to unmask]>
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IN A FAST SOCIETY SLOW EMOTIONS BECOME EXTINCT.

A FAST (LARGE) SOCIETY CANNOT FEEL PAIN / REMORSE / EMPATHY.

A FAST (LARGE) SOCIETY WILL ALWAYS BE CRUEL TO ANIMALS/ TREES/ AIR/
WATER/ LAND AND TO ITSELF.
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Dear Sir / Madam,

I have proposed the following experiment on emotion and am trying to
find a neuroscience/psychophysiology/bio-chemistry laboratory where it
could be conducted.

Can you provide any kind of help in this search?
Please share this message with all members of your society(association)

There is a link between visual / verbal speed ( in perception, memory,
imagery ) and the bio-chemical state of the brain and the body.

Emotion can intensify / sustain only when visual and verbal processing
associated with the emotion slows down ( stops / freezes ).

The degree of difficulty of an emotion depends upon the degree of
freezing (of visuals and words ) required to intensify and sustain that
particular emotion.

Experiment:

Subjects (preferably actors specialising in tragedy / tragic roles )
will be asked to watch a silent video film showing any of the
following:-

(1) Human  suffering.
(2) Animal  suffering.
(3) Suffering  ( Destruction ) of Air / Water / Land / Trees.

Subjects will be asked to intensify and sustain the subjective feeling
of empathy for the sufferer.
Their brains shall be scanned by Brain Imaging Machines ( PET / FMRI ).

The chemical change associated with the emotion in the brain ( and the
rest of the body ) would be measured by appropriate methods.

The silent video film will be shown at different speeds :
(1) 125% of actual speed.
(2) Actual/real speed.
(3) 75% of actual speed.
(4) 50% of actual speed.
(5) 25% of actual speed.


Results :

(1) Intensity of emotion increases with the decrease in  visual speed.
(2) Intensity of emotion is maximum when  visual speed is minimum ( 25 %
of actual speed )
.

(3) The amount of chemical change associated with the emotion in the
brain ( and rest of the body ) will be found to increase with the
decrease in visual speed.
(4) The chemical change is maximum when visual speed is minimum.
(5) The amount of chemical change will increase with the decrease in
breathing rate. Breathing becomes so slow and non-rhythmic that it stops
for some time at the inhalation / exhalation stage.

In the 2nd stage of experiment we shall replace the silent video film
with an Audio tape and repeat the procedure thereby establishing the
link between intensity of emotion and verbal speed.

Kindly share this message with people who could help in getting the
experiment conducted in a Neuroscience / psychophysiology/ bio-chemistry
laboratory.

Yours Sincerely,
Sushil Yadav
Delhi, India
www.netshooter.com/emotion
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Please note:
(1) If the co-relation is wrong it will be proved wrong experimentally
and the matter will end there.
(2) A THINKING MIND CANNOT INTENSIFY / SUSTAIN ANY EMOTION.
While this statement is generally true for all emotions, it is
particularly true for all painful emotions.

(3) Empathy = Sadness + Worry ( for the suffering of others )

 It will be found that empathy activates the same parts of the brain
(neural circuits ) which are activated by sadness and worry.  The
chemical changes in the brain and the rest of the body are also the
same.

Sadness and worry ( for the suffering of others ) are emotions of  the
highest level.

(4) In a society in which visual ( verbal ) speed and breathing- rates
are fast pain / remorse / empathy cannot be experienced. It is
impossible.

 IN A FAST SOCIETY SLOW EMOTIONS BECOME EXTINCT.


PROOF.
Proof of the link between pain and slow visuals / words :-

In the last century man has made thousands of movies / films on various
themes / subjects. Whenever pain / tragedy is shown in any film the
visuals ( scenes ) and words ( dialogues ) are always slowed down. In
many films tragedy is shown in slow motion. At the most intense moment
of pain the films almost become static / stationary.

Tragedy-films provide direct proof / evidence of the link between pain
and slowness.

Pain can intensify / sustain only when visual ( and verbal ) speed slows
down ( stops / freezes ).



CHANGE IN VISUAL SPEED OVER THE YEARS

One thousand years ago visuals would change only when man physically
moved himself to a new place or when other people  ( animals / birds )
and objects ( clouds / water ) physically moved themselves before him.

Today man sits in front of TV / Computer and watches the rapidly
changing visuals / audio.

He sits in a vehicle ( car / train / bus ) and as it moves he watches
the rapidly changing visuals.

He turns the pages of a book / newspaper / magazine and sees many
visuals / text in a short span.

The speed of visuals ( and words ) has increased so much during the last
one hundred years that today the human brain has become incapable of
focussing on slow visuals / words through perception,memory,imagery.

If we cannot focus on slow visuals / words we cannot experience emotions
associated with slow visuals / words.

IN A FAST SOCIETY SLOW EMOTIONS BECOME EXTINCT.

Yours Sincerely,
Sushil Yadav
Delhi, India
www.netshooter.com/emotion


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