On 4 August 2014 11:27, Kim Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 4 Aug 2014, at 5:46 am, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > What about "multiple personality disorder" ? Are they the same person? > (I'd guess not) > > Why? There is a weaker, culturally acceptable version of this in the > concept of the "parallel lives" we all lead. Now don't tell me you are all > just one identity. You don't necessarily have to be one of the British > House of Lords to like the whips and the leathers and the Nazi uniforms > during sex,
Phew! I was worried I was a bit kinky for a moment. > yet a paragon of moderation humility and chastity in your day job Except when I go onto this forum in work hours - like now - absolutely :) > - sorry that's just an example, I'm sure your imaginations can do better. > Nobody is "just one person". Life offers us all roles to play. De Bono felt > this was one area where human perception was at its finest. You can have > all sorts of relationships with other people. Each one of these > relationships is a kind of universe, a life, a computational stream. It has > its own identity. Why limit yourself to just one? > > Well, I was guessing on Brent's behalf, so I will wait for his answer. Maybe I should have said "I'd guess no from the BM (Brent) perspective, but I'd guess yes from the BM (Bruno) perspective." (As I may have mentioned already I find that coincidence of initials suspicious. I'm guessing an early version of the Washington/Moscow experiment was involved...) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
