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  • Violinist in the Metro - Interesting Discoveries - Ego Dialogues

    So true. If there had been a sign stating who he was, and a table with his CD's for sale, etc., no doubt many more people would have stopped to listen. We seem to need to be told what to value, and much of what we value is based on superficial things like fame and wealth. I can almost... more

    Reviewed by catmum Mar 12 2009, 03:01pm ( 271 reviews ) egodialogues.com

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  • Rated by ladyluckystar on Nov 09, 1:36am

    Perseption is everything.
  • Rated by amateur6 on Aug 27, 10:16am

    C'mon, Stumble the SOURCE. The "comment" of the blogger here is one sentence, and the original Washington Post article is MUCH more interesting. Unless you have the attention span of a gnat. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401 721.html
  • Reviewed by n0y0x on Aug 18, 8:33pm

    welll duh.........
  • Reviewed by sleeplessSeattle on Aug 17, 10:48pm

    the story is not sad. the test result is not surprised to me at all. we all have pre-judged core set in our mind. who said we are not judgemental? we are human being and only a few can break out of the shell. at a metro station? people's minds are not at relaxed state. good recogniation can't be performed when the audience's minds are at tense.
  • Rated by Scientia on Jul 27, 10:08am

    Wealth, or the appearance of wealth, make the ugly beautiful. Lack of these make the beautiful ugly or banal. Other experiments in social psychology of perception, done in different contexts, support the conclusions we want to ignore.
  • Reviewed by civver on Jul 14, 9:56pm

    There's plenty of time to appreciate good music. But can you really blame people for not wanting to be late for work or other appointments? Seriously...maybe the people getting WOWed by this article need to also slow down, and think about it.
  • Rated by vconscious on Jul 13, 2:26pm

    From the page: "My additional thoughts would only be that so many people do things because they are "fashionable" that they forget to look at things with their own eyes, listen with their own ears, and appreciate anything with their own hearts. "
  • Reviewed by CorrieCurtis on Jul 03, 11:47pm

    The Vice Principal of my school read this out in assembly. She's like 60. That's how lame this is.