Cognitive Study

I love this field of study though I never got a chance to really study this. But one thing is sure, I would have never cribbed about my job. Check the following link for some good time pass.

http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/

People do all kind of psychological analysis and they create theories around it. And as they are supposedly "scientists", you have to believe them. And the best part is that they just take (i doubt if they really need to do it) some 10 people and ask them a set of questions after putting them in all kind of funny situations. I just can not digest the idea that those 10 people represent how all other people on this planet will behave in the same situation. It is better to have a meeting within the team of the scientists and make up the theory. I might offend some people but I got the same idea about a certain set of people who have the lucky job of market research. It can very well work on hunch.

Now, let us assume they really do those experiments. After all, they have to do something to be job satisfied. It is so much fun getting that empirical data and then fitting the theory into it. You can never get wrong as the results are there before you. It is something similar to the science of evolution. This reminds me of the days when I was doing my thesis back in college. I was so happy doing empirical study. You just throw in a lot of data and interpret it to create a theory. But as I was not convinced, I did not publish even though my guides were so excited about my findings.

[Disclaimer: This is the perception I get when I hear such things. I understand that there is a lot of hard work involved here. After all, I also worked hard for my master's thesis. :)]

Deja vu...

I am back in Korea for a month as Nagaraj goes for a vacation. I was not particularly looking forward to this trip as I had decided not to come back. But it started off reasonably well.

Flight...

The flight was as good as a Thai flight can get. With short stop overs in Bangkok and Taipei, I was not exactly expecting a comfortable trip. But for a change I slept well in the flight. Perhaps the lack of sleep previous night helped. The new Suvarnabhoomi airport at Bangkok was a surprise. It is huge (maybe an understatement). It took a lot of time to figure out the directions to get the directions for my onward gate. I had packed my camera in checkin baggage by mistake. But I liked the new look of the airport. I decided to walk to my departure gate and I guess this was the longest walk I had ever taken on an airport. And I was wishing I had more time to explore.

Landed...

It brought back the memories of the great time I spent here. And it felt like I am back to the winter of 2004-5 when I first came to Korea. It is a country where one feels at home as soon as one lands. And being familiar with the environment was an added advantage this time. It felt good with all the apprehensions gone. Work is going to be tough and I think I am ready for it now. It is all in the mind. And I am back to myself.

Cheers!!!