So…okay, you get it that GammaZon is a play on ‘amazon’ (as in Woman Warrior, not the river and not the dot com) and you may know the ‘Y’ is the lowercase symbol for GAMMA so you get the title of this page…but…I bet you’re wondering just what in heaven’s name is a GAMMA?
It’s a Personality Type. Not a stereotype.
I’m sure you’ve heard/read/know of the Alpha Types, yes? Perhaps the Beta Types too. Well, it goes without saying…there’s a GAMMA Type.
Alpha types are the leaders, the go-getters, the control-takers.
Beta types are the worker bees, the ones who make it happen. ‘It’ being what the Alpha types decree. So who really is in charge?
Gamma types are the ones who don’t need world domination but don’t let the world dominate them. Gammas march to the beat of their own drums…
No, it’s not rebellion. Rebelling for the sake of rebellion is just plain conformist.
You’re perhaps (more) familiar with Gamma rays turning mild mannered scientists into hulking albeit fundamentally good creatures…and/or that light sabers worked on a Gamma principle. True story.
Gamma is Good, it was those who exploited the Gamma for gain that were not.
Hence The Hulk’s badass rep and those evil Sith Lords.
GAMMA is the third letter of the Greek alphabet and is used in Mathematics and Physics to denote variables. In other words…The Unpredictable.
A BRAINWAVE…
A GAMMA Wave is a pattern of brain waves, produced when masses of neurons emit electrical signals at the rate of around 40 times a second (40 hertz or Hz) but can often be between 26 and upwards of 70 Hz.
(Alpha waves are electromagnetic oscillations in the frequency range of 8–12 Hz. Ha.)
Researchers have recognized that higher level cognitive activities occur when GAMMA waves suddenly double into the 40 Hz range.
GAMMA waves are associated with perception and consciousness. Higher reasoning faculties. Higher mental activity…and studies have shown that recognition of new insights occur when patterns jump from 20 to 40 Hz.
(info courtesy of Wiki)
The GAMMA Type is a super hueman. Not black and white. Multi faceted.
…and some are prone to bitextuality. (…we can’t write straight…)
By the way, GammaZon may be all Woman but the GAMMA Type is all Human.
The Gamma Type is not gender specific.
…hence our huMANature range…because we love our Men Tough skinned, not thin skinned and certainly not rough skinned…
The GAMMAZon Logo
…represents Balance and Playfulness and Flexibility and Femininity and Strength.
Without Periphery but Within Reason.
This is not about forcing another label upon you to define who You are in the name of selling products. Well maybe a little :)
This is about recognising what You are. In the name of Individuality.
It is very easy to find personality descriptions of Alpha and Beta types, the Gamma has not been fully recognized…yet. But we exist. And the truth is out there…
FLickr Knows It:
According to Flickr;
Gamma is a slightly tongue-in-cheek reference to a standard software development cycle, where beta is normally applied to a system that is mostly working, but still being tested.
Flickr is always being tested by you, dear member. We like to think the system is always in transition, especially when we look at all the fantastic features we have planned!
So, labeling Flickr as “gamma” is just our way of saying that the site is in a state of perpetual improvement.
Tis the GAMMA way.
PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS
From medical site www.pubmed.com
The Gamma personality type…denotes an externally-oriented, norm questioning personality.
Gamma types tend to be uninhibited, clever, witty, pleasure-seeking risk takers and they can provide creative and progressive leadership
Definition found on http://www.16types.info/
The Gamma Quadra’s role is (to) criticize (question) and remove the flaws and mistakes of the past. The members of the quadra are characterized by their sharp rejection of obsolete ideas and evil. They are socially oriented.
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