jesus christ, how did she even get as far as she did?
And I thought the babbling miss america was the dumbest blonde on TV

It's the closing line "he's tricked me" that gets me. What exactly is going through her mind at that point?

What exactly is going through her mind at that point?

About what's going through Lucy's at any given moment.

Don't be so hard on Lucy. Who, exactly, is having herself catered to and cared for, free, simply for being?

I'm not sure what it is, exactly, but it appears that some humans have a disease, or perhaps an allergy, to thinking. It's work, or so they "think", and so they don't want to learn or think at all.

What do you have to do to graduate? About the same things as to run for office: age.

I'm not sure what it is, exactly, but it appears that some humans have a disease, or perhaps an allergy, to thinking

I don't know what they do for fun.

Lately, I've been thinking about thinking. Satisficing, for example:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satisficing

Satisficing is a decision-making strategy which attempts to meet criteria for adequacy, rather than identify an optimal solution. A satisficing strategy may often, in fact, be (near) optimal if the costs of the decision-making process itself, such as the cost of obtaining complete information, are considered in the outcome calculus.

And about "cognitive distortion": Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts

Sorry. "Cognitive dissonance." More on it here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance

Cognitive dissonance is a psychological term describing the uncomfortable tension that may result from having two conflicting thoughts at the same time, or from engaging in behavior that conflicts with one's beliefs.

In simple terms, it can be the filtering of information that conflicts with what one already believes, in an effort to ignore that information and reinforce one's beliefs. In detailed terms, it is the perception of incompatibility between two cognitions, where "cognition" is defined as any element of knowledge, including attitude, emotion, belief, or behavior. The theory of cognitive dissonance states that contradicting cognitions serve as a driving force that compels the mind to acquire or invent new thoughts or beliefs, or to modify existing beliefs, so as to reduce the amount of dissonance (conflict) between cognitions. Experiments have attempted to quantify this hypothetical drive. Some of these have examined how beliefs often change to match behavior when beliefs and behavior are in conflict.

Social psychologist Leon Festinger first proposed the theory in 1957 after the publication of his book When Prophecy Fails, observing the counterintuitive belief persistence of members of a UFO doomsday cult and their increased proselytization after the leader's prophecy failed. The failed message of earth's destruction, purportedly sent by aliens to a woman in 1956, became a disconfirmed expectancy that increased dissonance between cognitions, thereby causing most members of the impromptu cult to lessen the dissonance by accepting a new prophecy: that the aliens had instead spared the planet for their sake.[1]

In popular usage, it can be associated with the tendency for people to resist information that they don't want to think about, because if they did it would create cognitive dissonance, and perhaps require them to act in ways that depart from their comfortable habits. They usually have at least partial awareness of the information, without having moved to full acceptance of it, and are thus in a state of denial about it.

"Cognitive dissonance"

In popular usage, it can be associated with the tendency for people to resist information that they don't want to think about, because if they did it would create cognitive dissonance, and perhaps require them to act in ways that depart from their comfortable habits. They usually have at least partial awareness of the information, without having moved to full acceptance of it, and are thus in a state of denial about it.

At last!! I finally know that THIS is what my ex-husband suffers from! o_O

Its what 90% of humanity suffers from

Still, she did have that Melanie Griffith "Bonfire of the Vanities" thing going on...

Amy. There's a simpler way to put this: ROI. No one will take action they do not see as rewarding. Some can realize that sacrifice now leads to great rewards later, but an awful lot don't.

It's a bigger stretch to examine how one thinks, as you have determined already. It's not popular, even among cognoscenti - perhaps they think it's settled, or a minor issue. See forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=92553 . But the bulk of people DO have constant problems with realizing that what they think is not reality, even if they are "good people" - it only approaches it to some degree. That's why we have so many problems with laws, just to name one thing.

Thanks, Rad -- good stuff.

I'm sure she'll be on the Today show come Monday morning to explain to all of us silly, mean people that she was just 1) overwhelmed 2) really, really, uhh *giggle* like nervous! 3) was unable to think straight.

Fucking idiot.

I'll be doing a live remote from The Republic Of Cranberry Sauce.

Maybe Miss South Carolina will know what to do about this.

Yeah, that never gets old...

Just in case anyone thinks America has an exclusive on idiots, check this out.

Note the audience's votes. And these ain't kids.

This kid is great! Smart, knowledgeable, polite, makes a good impression. -- Eh? What do you mean, "She's a birdbrain"?? "SHE"?? What "she"? -- Oh, yeah, now that you mention it and now that I looked at the video clip again, I see there IS a female contestant, too. Heh, I learned long, long ago to ignore blondes....