is the proof of shared  consciousness to be found in retail?
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I don't think so. Most marketing trends are a result of good advertising and the general tendancies for trends to form.... people tend to buy what other people have bought rather than take the time to look at things and think about what they feel would be the best for them to buy and use.
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Sure. Where is your mind located? \n\nI know we can read electrical brainwave activity as well as use a variety of machines to detect chemical changes in the brain, but when you think a thought (such as a day at the beach) where is that image in your mind actually located?\n\nThe most recent scientific theories treat such notions as simply "ghosts in the machine", arguments that are secondary to the electro-chemical function of the brain. I disagree.\n\nThe only way to prove a thought exists is (currently) in the eye of the beholder. To everyone else (in spite of our machines) it does not exist.\n\nIf our everyday thoughts are non-locational, yet exist then we have a very personal and immediate proof of the non-location nature (matrix nature) of the universe.\n\nLife is a dream. Our bodies are an illusion, only our thoughts and awareness are real.
426948
Maybe start with some shocking statistics of results of consumerism-- just a straight list, like, "Did you know that X amount of people in third world countries make less than a $3 a day making Nike's?"  Something like that.\n\nThen jump in with your opinions.
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Yes !\n\n- Communication is instant (Email/IM/Skype..)\n- Answers to most of your questions are available in less than a minute (Google, Yahoo Answers)\n- Global Thinking is very much in vogue, so we all share a great deal of concerns and thoughts (blogs, portals)\n- We can trade anything from anywhere (Amazon, ebay)\n\nWe could go on and on...Our horizons have expanded to cover the entire world.
404985
There is no way we can. Some people refer to faith, knowledge is not faith. Faith is a belief, just like I believe chocolate tastes nice. \nSo in the end.. there is no way to 'know'.
439354
Does one  exist in the first place?
409121
The sum of human experience is finite and share many commonalities. So it is possible to say things in such general terms and yet with some level specific hints that it can pass off as a fortune reading. With people wanting so much to believe in something and hoping for something, that it is easy for opportunists to exploit it.
887157
I guess there isn't any way to know for sure that we know everything is there?\n\nYou could take the perspective of some people and "just have faith".   No need to use reason or logic, no need to ask, no need to doubt.....JUST HAVE FAITH!
903497
It depends on who is staring.  Some people just do that and it doesn't mean anything.  Without having a mind reading device it's impossible to know.
1078800
the way i see it, anything you feel is just as real as anything else. i'm just not sure if everything is either real, or artificial. but, assuming that ANYTHING is "real", then even a person hallucinating something that noone else sees is having a "real" feeling. anyone who believes "i think, therefore i am" should agree with me.
1099930
The argument is irrelevant.  For a true seeker of truth and enlightenment, where you are physically in the world does not (or at least, should not) matter.  If you are determined to find the answers, then they will come...regardless of physical location or environment.  Why should physical location be an issue to the determined mind?
220162
My wife is a mystery shopper and has been doing it for some time now.  She communicates well with the stores in our mall and they are very gracious to hear her comments and feedback.  I think it's a good way to find out how companies are doing from a customer perspective.
527445
You'll find the answer on this forum:\nhttp://www.retailworker.com/node/12438
830374
I have a friend who's into quasi Hindu/American Guru philosophy, and he likes to say, " This world is all simply an illusion, and the true reality lies beyond your perception".  Well I have a simple theory of reality, it's kind of like the duck theory?  "If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like duck, then it must be a duck".   My theory is, "Reality is who you are, when you are, and where you are".   So, do you know who you are?  Do you know when you are?  Do you know where you are?  That is reality, and everything else is imagination, an illusion, or perhaps even a delusion.
669928
Of course it's true.  Sometimes we as consumers are influenced to "want" things we didnt realize we wanted.  But yeah people only sell what they think people will buy
814906
Only Fair & Lovely cream gives us Fairness.\nIf you dont believe then please ask Vigilance Awareness.\nHahaha...
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Fascinating subject:  On the balance of probabilities, if the universe is infinite, someone identical with you, typed the same question, on an identical computer, on an identical forum and is being answered by someone identical with me.    Mind blowing if you think about it.........