The Curse of Being a Cassandra

We all know how it goes. Talking with someone you know until suddenly you have a disagreement. It could be something as small as whether they prefer cats or dogs, or something as big as how the world may end. Almost always, there are two sides, and the people on each side stick with their side unless there is an overload of compelling evidence. Even then, some may not believe the other sides' point. This is especially prominent though when you have little to no evidence at all.

In the story of Cassandra, she has the all-desired ability of seeing the future, but what people don't know is that it comes with it's costs. Since no one else was able to see the future, no one believed her. In our current day, I don't believe there are any actual people that 'see the future' in complete, clear ways, but there are people who read others well or have coincidental divination. Both of which could be considered seeing the future, but still there isn't much of a strong argument with things like those.

I believe you (in most cases) can win arguments by setting out understandable, cogent information to back up your claims. There are some you will never win though, especially in topics such as religion. If your claim/argument is serious enough, and others think it will affect them in the very near future, people (being self centered) decide its worth the time to think about because otherwise humanity, which includes them, will perish. Widespread actions are taken when the general public agrees that something is affecting them for the worse and they protest or bring it to an official.

My thoughts on the tunnel situation is that the argument is completely valid, just commonly overlooked. The ice is melting, and in my opinion the reason for this is the massive slaughter of livestock to feed people. Overall, not all arguments can be won, but they may plant an idea in someone's mind and they may believe it when they need to.  You may say; well, wouldn't they believe it now? But no, sadly not. I reckon it's too late. We figured out much too slowly for the problem to be completely stopped. All we can do now is prevent it, since the time window it was needed has already passed.


We all will one day fall victim to the end of the world, even if it's just our skeleton being crushed underground, but will you choose to postpone it?

One in a same

     If I was able to see the future I would try my best to convince people that something bad is coming. I know that there will be people that don't believe me but I would try to convince them as much as possible while doing that I would try to convince other people and if they believe me I would tell them to try to convince as much people as possible. But if someone was to try to kill someone I would try to stay with the person being targeted to keep them safe from the other person. and I would try to tell an undercover agency to set up a trap to try and save the person.

Cassandra Curse (Alliteration ta da!)

The Cassandra curse is interesting because being able to tell the future but having no one listen to you is the sense of trying to help people avoid bad things.Things that cassandra say are true and are going to happen. She saying these thing so people can avoid it or be prepared for whatever was going to  happen, but in the end it happens. knowing that no matter what you say you'll be right then what would happen if you were always wrong?

 

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cassandra effect

Cassandra was a girl back in ancient greece who could see far into the future. Since she didn't have any high authority, she was never taken seriously. But everything she ever said, had came true. This is what is now called cassandra effect. It basically means, if you don't have as much authority as the person or group your speaking to, then you most likely won't be taken seriously. This is bad because people with low authority could be giving a warning or saying something important, but they'll never be taken seriously. So the best thing to do is to listen to whoever it is and have an open mind. Are you going to listen to anyone, and have an open mind?

cassandra

         We listended to a audio about how some warning are herd and some are not. The audio started by a space ship taking off and haveing a bunch of debre coming out of the space ship. Some knew about this problem and some did not know. Could this have been prevented or not. That is the question. The next part of the story takes place in Alaska and we are talking about a cave. The cave has dead things in the cave and it is melting. Having the melting ice releases a bunch of carbon dioxide. Which is really dangerous. All of the carbon in the cave is double the amont in the atmoshere. The next part of the audio was talking about the cassadra effect and how cassandra was cursed . She has been trying to warn people but they never listen. 

The cassandra effect

From listening to the podcast it taught me how to speak and know the truth while everyone else is in disagreement. I don't think you need to become acquaintances with the president to get heard, but you may need a little courage to speak up. In your everyday life maybe the teacher asked a question
and you answer wrong but you learn from it and listen to others trying to help you. I would do the same for the next but when they don't listen and you’re trying to help them is where communication skills come in. Andrew had a good method not to force his knowledge and help upon anyone but allow them to be interested in the facts given to them and slowly realize/ except your option/knowledge. What would your do to get people to believe in your knowledge.

            From the podcast I learned that the Cassandra effect is when someone can see and predict what is going to happen in the future, but people don't always listen to the person predicting the future. Cassandra people can warn people about what is going to happen in the future and the bad things that's gonna happen, and ways people can prevent it, but when people don't listen to them their warnings bad things can happen and if they listen they could prevent a lot of things. The permafrost organic soil contain a lot of  Carbon Dioxide and they are frozen underground, they have 2x as much carbon dioxide then the atmosphere. Due to global warming the permafrost are starting to melt and if they all melt the world will overheat and die. I really think that people like Cassandra should be easily trusted!

FUTURE PEEPS

Apparently there are people that can see the future, which is cool. But no one will believe them at all, cause they think that they are lying. If i could see the future but no one believed me I would prov to them that I can, and do something...
or just beg. I thought that the pod cast was cool, but a video would be waaaaaaaaaay better.
I don't fully believe that there are people who can see the future but if its true than I would want to see the future. But ya, over all I give this podcast a 7/10.THANK YOU

Cassandra Effect; blog post II

I think that we need to fix our problem, climate change. Lots of "Cassandra's" are trying to tell us to help fix it before it is unfixable. We need to give them a personal connection and helping them listen. By not saying "No, you're wrong." Or they will think the same thing about what you are saying. So many warnings get ignored like we hear in the podcast. We all need to help, so, what can you do? 

a black light at midnight

I learned about how and why many warnings are not heard when I listened to the podcast, hidden brain.
I learned from a park ranger in alaska that the permafrost crisis is not well known because so few people
go to alaska that no one hears about this problem. The ancient prophet cassandra was not heard or
heeded because her warnings were so far ahead and hard to decipher that no one listened to her.
There are not many ‘cassandras’ who are heard, even today. have you ever had a cassandra moment?

Don't Deny Disaster!

A lot of lessons can be learned from the podcast, such as how to get people of power to believe you and take action. Cassandra, a prophet from Greek mythology, was… not the best example of this. No one believed any of the warnings she had given them, even though they were true! This was because she spoke in riddles that were hard to understand, had no authority, was too far ahead of everyone else, and asked people to step way out of their comfort zones or make a big change. Don’t worry though, you can avoid this curse by learning from Andrew Natsios and using these methods.


Andrew Natsios was a modern-day Cassandra, who convinced the Bush administration that there was escalating violence in Sudan and the US needed to supply aid. He was able to do this for many reasons. First, he showed clear evidence- number of deaths expected, photographs of the burned villages, and what would happen if action was not taken. Next, he was an "insider," having helped both George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush with campaigns. Andrew also explained how this violence could affect the Bush administration, re-election chances, and how it could connect to Christian constituency in the United States. People tend to be more sympathetic to others if they can relate to the problem or see how it connects to them. Lastly, he didn't ask anyone to greatly change their plans or ideas; the president already had been interested in what was happening in Sudan.

By following these steps, you can make sure your warnings are heard and disaster is prevented! Also, be sure to listen to other people's warnings as well, even those with little authority. After all, it's better safe than sorry! One last thing to consider... If you foresaw a tragedy, how would you convince people of power to act?

Cassandra post

The Cassandra Curse is, a curse on a women who can tell the future see it but no one will believe  her.

I learned that Cassandra is a profit and she can see the future.Cassandra only speaks in riddle which is kind of a different language. Some other people can avoid the Cassandra effect.  Cassandra was cursed to be ignored from Greek god. Cassandra gives big hints but people won't listen then bad things happen.

I'm Warming You! Get it? Global Warming? Warning?

           The lesson I learned from the Podcast was that "The Cassandra Curse" was an important event in history, and that we can relate to, and learn from, Cassandra's struggles and experiences. The question I will be answering is, "What should we do to convince those in power that action needs to be taken?" In the Podcast, we learned how Andrew Natsios faced the same struggles Cassandra did, nobody believed him. I learned that Andrew Natsios convinced the Bush Administration that there was escalating violence in Sudan and that the U.S. had to supply aid. He was able to do this, because he was “an insider”, he layed out clear evidence and he showed that this could affect the Bushs’ re-election. He understood that people tend to look more sympathetically at something when the people who are suffering have something in common with us. How do you think we should convince those in power that action needs to be taken? 👥

The Cassandra Effect Lesson

       How do you convince someone in power to take action on what you know is right?
       In this Podcast, I learned that people will be more willing to listen to you are close to them, or know them on a personal basis. If you go up to someone you aren't familiar with, they probably wouldn't think about your concern again. If you talk to someone you know, who knows the person that is in power, then your idea will be heard. So, all you have to do is just tell someone who will tell the person that's in power. How do you think you would solve this problem?

Cassandra Effecct

         I learned that when you grt warrnings you should take action. If you can't do anything by yourself ask someone for help and try to convince them. Try to talk to someone you trust and they will belive you. If you do that you could stop a problem and help people or help your self.  An other thing is if someone is try to tell you something you should listen. At the end of the day it might help you or you could have a good chance in helping people and maybe making a diffrence in life. Don't let what happened to Cassandra happen to you

cassandras curse

         I learned that the Cassandras curse is somewhat real in some cases but only a few people actually listened. There was one part of the podcast where they brought up spaceship explosion whee the engineers told the NASA people that there was a problem with the o rings but they didn't listen. Then it exploded. Because they didn't listen,. That is an example of Cassandra's curse.

Unheard Warnings

            After taking notes about the Cassandra curse it's interesting how people will ignore warnings if you don't have authority or you're well known. If someone is warning you still take it into consideration and don't brush it off simply. Especially in the story of Cassandra, she predicted events that were going to take place and she told people and they happened. At that point if her story starts becoming true and things are happening as she said you should listen to her because it's exactaly whats happening. But I don't understand why they would brush them off. Then also the Permafrost. That's a really bad problem that can contribute negativley to global warming and could destroy Antarctica, the habitat of many animals which would be truly damaging. He has evidence to back up his claim so people should listen to him so we could try to prevent this disaster from occuring. For a warning to be heard I noticed is that people only listen to people with authority or people that are well-known. We should listen to everybody though just because they don't have authority, or they aren't the same, race, gender, or religion as us. Everyone should take warnings into consideration just to be cautious if these disasters start taking place so we have a chance to prevent them. Do you think that warnings of people without authority should be brushed off?

The Effect of Cassandra

The lesson I learned is that even if you know something that is certain to be right doesn't mean people will believe you. If I were Cassandra I would warn people and try to get them to believe me but if they didn't do anything then I would try to do something. I wouldn't waste my time trying to help people if they don't listen. Now a days more people would believe her than back then because people are gullible. Do you think people are more gullible than back then?

Avoiding the Cassandra Effect

What I learned from this podcast is how to get other people to believe you when you are telling the truth. Some ways you can convince someone to believe you is to find ways to connect your problem with the person you are talking to. Just find something that might make what you said a little bit more meaningful to them. Don't let the Cassandra curse come to you. The cassandra curse from greek history was that Cassandra could see the future, but no one would ever believe her. Make sure to make your warning, and make sure that you are listened to. For example, in 1986, the space ship took off in the air, but exploded because people didn't listen to the warning that was given by many scientists about not using the rubber rings. The important warnings need to be heard or a tragedy can always occur. My question for you is "how will you get people to listen to your warnings?".

How to avoid the Cassandra curse...

I learned that warnings come in many different ways. And that it is important to heed them. If you don't the results could be catastrophic. If I needed to convince someone that something was going  wrong I would start to educate people about what is happening. then once they have the same insight about the subject I would start to encourage banding together and that would make it harder and harder to ignore. If that doesn't work than I would try to put the situation into something they actually care about, as well as target more respected people who are more open minded to help me and my cause. How would you deal with this situation?

Catastrophe Coming Soon

     I learned in the Cassandra podcast that it is important to listen to everyone. People have good ideas and thoughts even if they don't seem very knowledgeable. You should at least give everyone a chance. Also, people will listen to you if you have some connection to the person or people your asking the favor from. It is helpful not to be asking for a big change, but sometimes it has to be a big change. For example, the Alaskan tunnel is a big issue and it needs to be addressed. I think that an idea to fix the problem would be to make the Alaskan tunnel like a freezer. It would freeze the carbon. It would take a lot of money, but I think it's worth it to help us. It is important to listen to everyone, and respect everyone's ideas.

why we need to listen to other people.

In 1986 the rocket ship took off and exploded in mid air and it wouldn't have exploded if they would have listen to the woman who said it would have blown up. The people that were in charge of the launch decided to not listen because of money but they lost more money by not listening and it blew up. another thing that happened is the the carbon dioxide is causing global warming which is thawing the permafrost. Which both of those are really bad because permafrost has been frozen for years and now its melting which means the layer of permafrost is melting which causes global warming and global warming is causing the permafrost to melt. So if you have someone tell you that something bad is going to happen and you don't listen to them you should.

The Cassandra Effect

The Cassandra Effect taught everyone a lesson, at least for some people. I learned so many things, but the main focus was how every warning you notice or get, you must acknowledged it. Maybe it's the weirdest warning you'll get but you must take it into consideration. For planes every warning you have to realize that if somethings wrong, most of the time something bad will happen.  So my point is... don't ignore your warnings, they are there for a reason so take them into thought! 

Modern-Day Cassandras: How To Get People To Heed Your Warnings

The legend of Cassandra is an ancient Greek myth. In the story, there was a woman named Cassandra who could see the future. She would always warn people of disaster before it would happen. However, she had a curse. People would never listen to her warnings, and would never take the actions required to avoid catastrophe. In this post, I'm going to tell you how to avoid this curse; how to get people to heed your warnings.

First of all, you need to present the warning with clear speech and evidence. If you don't, people will not fully understand your warning or just think you're delusional. Second, you need to present the warning one step at a time. If you get too far ahead of everyone else, they will lose you or deny that the warning is valid. Third, you can't argue with people. They tend to get defensive and stubborn if you warn them in an argumentative way. Last, you need to help people make connections to the problem. If they relate to the problem, they will be more likely to help.

So there you have it!If you follow these steps, people will be sure to heed your warnings, and disaster will be prevented every time. If you were Cassandra, how would you change your warnings so people would listen? Think about that next time you are in that situation.

Listen to This

Listen to this. You might have to hear people's thoughts and warning because something can go seriously wrong with your friends and be in trouble by not listening. For example, if you keep making your friend uncomfortable he will tell the teacher and you will get in trouble and end up breaking up with your friend because of your problem. That’s not even with your friend it’s for everyone. Like if someone saying seriously there is a tornado coming you listen that’s your choice making it and you will end up something bad or not or nothing happens because it’s a lie.
Here is a question are listening to them seriously?

Cassandra Had No Effect On Us

      OK, listening to that podcast about Cassandra really had me thinking. Thinking about is why she decided that the best way to portray her visions, is to speak in weird riddles so the people will believe her.  Most people don't even like riddles in the first place and they give up on them in the first few minutes. This whole story taught me a lesson. You half to portray your idea in a way that people like, and that they can not deny. If the idea was say, predicting the latest presidency, then you would half to give people evidence, that it was going to happen. I would never think that was going to be true. If they had evidence, then I would consider it. Notice how I said consider. So, the perfect way to get us to believe that example would to tell people that thought that was a good idea. OK, so that was lesson in a shell. Give evidence, tell people that would believe you, that about it. The only problem is that none of us have magical powers, yet.

The Casandra Curse

I learned from this podcast that people can know very important things and people don't listen to those people because they can be cursed. Another reason is because those people might explain the future in many ways. They also might ask too much of people. That is what Casandra did. If Cassandra explained to people in an easier way then they might have actually understood and listened.

The Cassandra Curse

Have you ever tried to tell someone something and they never believed you? Well, when people tell you something with no evidence it's very hard to believe them. That's exactly what happened to Cassandra, she could see into the future and nobody believed her, I mean would you? You should always listen to someone even if you don't believe them, but don't listen to them if it could end your life or hurt it. You should listen because what if they are trying to tell you that something is going to happen to you, they are trying to prevent that. She looked too far into the future and she had no evidence that it what she said was true. Whatever you do, listen to the person it might come in handy one day.   

The Curse of Cassandra

Ethan Sokolowski





                     People sometimes heed warnings and sometimes they don't, but this guy really didn't heed Cassandra's warning and got killed. Some people were going on a mission to space and some people warned n.a.s.a. and they didn't heed there warning and the ship exploded and the astronauts died.  People are having economical problems about global warming because some stuff called permafrost because that could melt and cause flooding. And people were burning down villages and killing people just for the fun of it. I challenge you to always heed people's warnings for the rest of your life no matter what.

The Cassandra Effect

        Telling people a story or a theory you had with evidence is a hard thing to do. This is usually because if you are lower down and you aren't well known to authorities or high people in the government they won't believe you. But, this could be a bad thing because you could be expressing a really important issue that could affect a lot of people but nobody would listen. But, Andrew had it the opposite. He said villages in Sudan were being attacked and there was a lot of violence and Andrew had evidence. High authorities listened to him because he was well known with them. So, he was able to make an impact and they did something about this because of this prroblem. This saved many people lives in Sudan

We need to find a way to change this. What can we do to make a difference?

Cassandra Effect

   The Cassandra effect      



         The lesson I learned from this podcast is that if someone is telling you something, no matter if it is a kid talking to a President, or a little kid talking to an adult, if they have good reasons, you should listen to them. Because, even if someone has no power compared to you, if they have good reasons than they should have a chance to tell or explain to you. Sometimes you might not want to listen to them, because you probably don't like being wrong. For example you have a test the next day, and you didn't study and your parent are telling you to study, and that if you don't, you will fail the test. You obviously don't listen and continue doing the things you were doing, but come you know in your head you caused it. So next time some random person in anyway tells you something, take some time to listen and give them a chance.

Cassandra podcast was sponsored by Capitol One

        From the podcast I learned that the Cassandra effect is when someone can see and predict what is going to happen in the future, but people don't always listen to the person predicting the future. Cassandra people can warn people about what is going to happen in the future and the bad things that's gonna happen, and ways people can prevent it, but when people don't listen to them their warnings bad things can happen and if they listen they could prevent a lot of things. The permafrost organic soil contain a lot of  Carbon Dioxide and they are frozen underground, they have 2x as much carbon dioxide then the atmosphere. Due to global warming the permafrost are starting to melt and if they all melt the world will overheat and die. Do you think Cassandra people should be trusted?

The Cassandra Effect: How To Get Someone To Believe You

            I learned a lot of things from listening to the podcast about the Cassandra Effect. I agree that sometimes people don't believe you. One example I had is the major rain storm Japan had in July this year. The Japanese government gave a warning to the part of the country that was predicted to have the most rain, but some people assumed it wouldn't be that bad, since it was only rain, so they didn't evacuate. Turns out, it's one of the worst storms of the year. It killed more than 200 people. I think they should have shown more proof that a storm was coming. I would use the strategy they were talking about in the podcast. First, I wouldn't immediately go "You people are all wrong". Then they won't listen. Instead, I would show proof, a lot of proof. In this case, it would be showing everyone the weather radar a lot. I think people watching that would have been convinced and evacuated more. I would use that strategy for other things, such as a argument. I would prove the other person that it's wrong. Would you say that they are wrong first, or would you say reasons they are wrong first, then state that they're wrong?

The Cassandra Effect

The lesson I learned from this podcast is that if someone is telling you something, no matter if it is a peasant talking to a king, or a little kid talking to an adult, if they have good supporting reasons, you should listen to them. Basically, even if someone has no authority compared to you, if they have good reasons to back them up, they should be listened to. Sometimes might not even want to listen to the hard truth, because they don't want it to happen. Let's say you have a test the next day, and you didn't study. Your mom is telling you to study, and that if you don't, you will get a bad grade. You obviously don't listen and continue doing whatever random thing you were doing, but come on, you know it's true. So next time some little kid tells you the hard truth, suck it up and listen to him.

Make trust me to others

To make people trust me .....

사람들이 나를 신뢰하게 만들려면.

First, make a lot of friends.When you make friends and treat your friends well, you get more and more credibility.

첫번쨰, 친구를 많이 만들어라
너가 친구를 많이 만들고 친구들을 잘 대하면 신뢰도가 점점 쌓인다.
Two, let's treat each other kindly and help each other !!!!

두번째, 상대방에게 착하게 대하고, 상대방을 도와주자!!!!

Three, Be a good student!!!!

세번쨰, 좋은 학생이 되자!!!!!!

What!? A Curse?!!!

I learned lots of things from this podcast. I learned that people try so hard for other people to listen to what they are saying. For example, Cassandra. She had a big warning about the Greeks going to get killed and that did happen at the end but did anyone listen to her in the beginning. But the hard part for Cassandra was that she only spoke in riddles. How to get someone to listen to you would be to get some very convincing facts and try to get that person's attention like Andrew Natsios.My thoughts would stay the same if I visited the Alaskan tunnel. How would you get someone's attention???

Are You Cursed?

     From the podcast, I learned how to get somebody to listen to a warning, I also learned that people choose weather to listen to the warning. For example, the Alaskan ice tunnel: One of the staff that worked there knew that the bio matter in the frozen tunnel was melting and leaching toxic amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, he tried to tell the  person allowing this tunnel to melt, but the person passed him off. The director chose not to listen to the staff because in doing so, he would have to close his source of income. If he had listened, the tunnel would not have leached so much carbon into our atmosphere. there were some things that the Chris, one of the staff, could have done to convince the director to listen. Chris could have shown evidence, asked someone closer to the director to relay the information, or not asked to completely shut down the only source of income for the director. These things might have convinced the director to listen instead of poisoning the environment. This is called the Cassandra effect. How would you get important people to listen to you.

Cassandra Effect

Cassandra was a person of Greek legend who was cursed with the gift of foresight. Why was it a curse? Because no matter how hard she tryed she coudn't ever make people belive her about the disaster to come. Part of that was because people were ignorant and didn't want to belive her. Two she to far ahead of them. Three, she spoke in strange limrics that no one could understand. And four she asked to much of people. I think we can learn a lot from this myth. If you want to change the outcome of the future you have to start small to help people up to undersand. Also don't ask to much of them.

#cant be believed #Cassandra person

                                Two days ago I started a podcast called Hidden Brain. It is all about learning about stuff you did not know about. I finished the first episode and it got me hooked, so the episode was about warnings and how people don't want listen. Like there is this tunnel that is permafrost that is melting and letting out tons of carbon heating up the atmosphere, but nobody will believe the scientists. after that part of the podcast they talk bout this woman called Cassandra. Cassandra can tell the future but she talk so weird that nobody believes her. can you think of somebody that can not get their point across? tell me in the comments , the boss evryn out

Listen and Learn: Preventing Modern Day Problems

From this lesson/podcast, I learned that we need to listen to someone who is more experienced than us in a subject. Even if we don't understand them, we need to try to listen and learn. When we listen to others, we can make more problems preventable. We like to think that just because someone has no proof, they are wrong, which sometimes is the case, but other times, it is not. If I wanted someone to believe me, I would probably try to know their ideas first and then compare them to mine. What would you do to make someone believe you?

LISTEN!!!

What I learned was that even though some people may be different, you should consider everyone's thoughts and opinions. In the podcast Cassandra was different that the rest of the people, so they didn't believe her even though she was right. If they had just listened to here they could have been way better off. The way I would be believed would be to be right all the time and patiently wait for people to realize that they should listen to you. To convince people in power you have to act confident and be sure of yourself. If you are right then they will probably believe you. Even though some people are different, consider everyone's opinions. You should try to consider ideas that you might not think are right.

The Cassandra Effect- Blog Post ll

     This podcast was really interesting and it taught me a lot! One thing I learned is that you have to have evidence and prior knowledge if you want to be believed. Another example is how Andrew Natsios's warnings were taken seriously because of his relations with the presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush. On the other hand, Cassandra's warnings weren't taken seriously because she didn't know anyone and she was an outsider. If you are telling something to someone and they disagree with you, tell someone more powerful so they can take action to make sure that nothing bad happens. If I had a chance to visit the Alaskan Ice Tunnel, I would figure out how bad the carbon situation is and then take action. Now, let's go back to the Cassandra part. If someone told you something bad was going to happen, and you didn't know if it was true, would you believe them?

the casandra effect

The Cassandra metaphor (variously labelled the Cassandra "syndrome", "complex", "phenomenon", "predicament", "dilemma", or "curse") occurs when valid warnings or concerns are dismissed or disbelieved.  I think it is annoying because you can see in the future when I would like to focus on right now.  If I did have the cassandra effect I would want see if i will win a lacrosse game. So that is my blog on the cassandra effect.

CASSANDRA EFFECT DON DON DOOOOOOOOOOOOOON

      People don't care about the important things these days. Take technology for an example sure it is so great, but most people get so addicted they can never stop. When they never stop they don't pay attention to the important things. Then that's when things get out of hand. From the podcast, we had watched I learned that no one believes Cassandra even though she could see the future. I think the news is the best way to get all the latest information. So I think it is helpful to watch the news because some things could be really bad nearby or very close. Then you will always have precaution just in case anything bad happens. Most people don't care if anything bad happens nor they want to help. THIS IS BAD! If you see someone in trouble would you help them or be selfish?

The CaSsAnDrA effect.

        No one listens to your dire warnings of terrible catastrophe that you can prevent; the Cassandra Curse. To actually get people to listen, you can sort out a way to show further escalation, and show that if you don't act now, then later, it may be too late. Another way is also to show evidence of the disaster warnings and show how they connect. It also helps if the people that you can save have a connection to the person of power, because it would be easier to feel the need to save them. After all, what would you do if you have to convince someone of a disaster?

Getting People to Believe You and Act

Getting people to believe your warning of impending disaster is hard. Getting people to act upon your precautions is nearly impossible. The Greek myth of "Cassandra" tells us of a prophet who can see the future and tell her visions to people but nobody believes her. She speaks in metaphors and riddles, which nobody understands. She doesn't lay out clear evidence to allow people to believe her. Lastly, she's five-hundred steps ahead of everybody else so what she envisions is the complete opposite of the current situation. These traits curse her so that nobody listens to her. Humans tend to try and create a false sense of safety and refuse to believe warnings of doom so that they feel safer. This trait of humans makes it literally impossible for people to believe and act upon warnings of impending doom and death. To break this bubble of inaccurate safety, you will need to do a couple of things. First of all, speak clearly. To even make people understand what you are saying, state your claim clearly. Lay out clear evidence to back up your claim. This way, they can't shrug it off and say "That's not true". Speak out about the consequences. Then people will know that this is harmful if left untreated. You should also list ways that we can help so then we will know what to do. Lastly, it is suggested that you should consult somebody of high power (not the President, he won't listen) so then they can act with bigger power. Before you go, I want you to consider something. If you and when you see something dangerous and leads to millions of lives lost, when will you report it and who will you report it to?

The Cassandra Curse: Convincing Someone

If I had to convince someone to believe me, I would show them all the evidence I had first so they would have a reason to believe me in the first place, and I would also say it it might affect them, because then they might want to do more about it. To convince people that are in power and are very important in politics, I would tell how it would affect them and their country. I also think that my thoughts would change had I visited the Alaskan Ice Tunnel to understand the magnitude of how bad it is and all the carbon being released to the atmosphere. Another thought is whether you would believe someone who told you something. If someone told you something (a modern day Cassandra) and you didn't know if it was true, would YOU believe them?

Why we heed some warnings, and ignore others..........................

What I learned from this podcast is about the evidence that you need for people to believe you. Andrew Natsios's  warnings were taken seriously because of his relations with the presidents (George H. W. Bush & George W. Bush), his history in the NGO sector, he was an expert, he also had (kind've) a conservative pedigree, and he had experience in the armed forces. Therefore, he was seen as a national security type. This made people believe his warnings. Unfortunately, a genocide in Darfur claimed hundreds of thousands of lives.

The Horrid Cassandra Curse!

It was truly amazing how we listen to some people and ignore others. It was truly dreadful when the spacecraft exploded. I also learned that you can talk to people in a polite way even if you disagree. I learned that sometimes when we don't listen can turn out to be horrific and deadly. I also learned that we could all be in awful danger if we don't stop global warming. It is scary to think about it but, the explosion could have been avoided if we only listened!

Cassandra's Curse or Blessing?

      My thoughts on Cassandra's Curse are that I think that it would be really cool to be able to predict the future but it would really suck to have no one to be able to believe you. I still think that it would be cool to be able to tell the future in general and I could just write it down and not let people think it was me. In conclusion if you had the choice to bear Cassandra's Curse would you want to take the curse or take a hard pass?

The Cassandra Effect

I learned many things from this episode about how people take warning signs, and why we heed some warnings, and discard others. For instance, I learned that if you’re trying to convince someone of the “true view” of something, and they’re already in disagreement with you, you can’t just come out and say “you’re wrong” even if they are. Insead, if you’re trying to convince those in power that action must be taken, there are a few things that could help. One thing, is that it helps to be on the inside, to already know the person. It also helps to come up with a personal connection, meaning, if the person you are trying to convince can make a personal connection with the problem that you’re trying to solve, then you may have an easier time trying to convince them, keeping in mind that it also helps if you’re not asking anyone to make any major changes. If I had chance to visit the Alaskan tunnel spoken of in the podcast, then maybe I would have ideas on how to keep the carbon that’s in there out of the atmosphere, because right now, I have no clue. My challenge to you, is to come up with an idea of what could be done to keep the carbon from the Alaskan tunnel out of the atmosphere, and comment back.

Be Aware

I learned many different things from the podcast, but the main thing I learned was that you should really listen to people around you. I feel like this happens because some people don't want to believe or face the truth. When people don't listen, it's hard to not insult them or get mad at them for not listening. There's not much you can do other than staying calm and providing information. Some people can be so vague of their explanation for things that no one notices how bad something is. In conclusion, be empathetic and put yourself in others' shoes. How do you feel when you're being serious about something and no one listens to you?

Do you want to know the future?

Back in the ancient world, the prophet Cassandra would supposedly predict the future, but only in prophetic language, so making sense of her words was difficult. This lead to people disbelieving her, even though her words meant true. There are prophets like her today, but the same disbelief comes upon them, too. This is because people don't want to believe that someone else might have a  supernatural power. We think that being an oracle could never be possible, but how would we know?  However, we can change that disbelief factor. If you put the time in to understand what they are saying, you might be able to predict and prepare for what is coming in the future. Plus, even if the prophets are speaking falsely, you've got nothing to lose listening to them. As my point shows, if someone claims to be a prophet or oracle, at least listen to what they are saying, because you might know what the future will tell you!

Heed My Warning!

The lesson I learned from this podcast about listening to warnings is that when people don't listen to you is either they don't want to face the truth or because they don't believe you. If you want to have people listen to you First don't insult them and don't purposely lie to them. Second make sure you are clear in your warning because Cassandra was so vague in her warnings people couldn't understand her and then didn't listen to her. Last state your warning and cite evidence. Now what do you think would help to get your message through to others?

Blog Post II: The Cassandra Effect

Y'all did an excellent job listening to the Podcast! It takes skill to be able to focus on the spoken word and to take useful notes at the same time. And speaking of those notes, you will need those now for this next blogging assignment. The Hidden Brain Podcast about The Cassandra Curse was all about why we sometimes do not heed dire warnings about upcoming catastrophes. From the lessons of the stinky tunnel to the Greek tales of Cassandra, and of course the difficulties of getting people to listen to the truth. 

Your challenge here is to write a post about the lesson you learned from this episode. How might you try to convince someone else to listen to what you know to be true view when they already seem to be in disagreement with you? Or what, maybe, should we do to convince those in power that action needs to be taken? Or how might your thoughts today be different if you had a chance to visit the Alaskan tunnel spoken of in the podcast? Do your best!

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