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?