I noticed that quite awhile ago, Orn and noticed that I'm there as Ulysses and see that my posts just show up there on their own without my input. I'm not sure of what implications there are as to Internet copy and pastes or redirecting posts to another site. I did email an inquiry once but never heard back, so I just dropped it.
On Jul 22, 7:05 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > Chris, in most instances of Molly starting a topic and ending with > "What do you think?" here at Mind's Eye, it is directly associated > with and copied from her personal webpage/blog: > > http://cblegacy.blogspot.com/ > > You can check the history here. This has been the case for years. > Those of us who reply at Minds Eye have our responses echoed on her > website with, as far as I can tell, no attribution to Mind's Eye at > all. I have mentioned this in the past and so far am merely stating a > personal opinion that I see it as deception. Others may not agree. > > On Jul 22, 12:48 pm, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Your words aren't clear to me, Orn, in response to Molly's post. Will you > > clarify them for me? > > > I see her post covering a topic, discussing several authors who have written > > about the topic, and linking to a Wikipedia (public web page) about one of > > the authors. From what I can tell, your response seems to have zero > > relevance to her post. > > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 3:44 PM, ornamentalmind > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > Molly, I have mentioned this before. My words are clear. You accept > > > them or you don't. > > > > On Jul 22, 10:28 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > please explain. > > > > > On Jul 22, 1:09 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I think that posting to a Google group (Mind's Eye) and then linking > > > > > the discussion to a personal website, giving the impression it is the > > > > > locus of attention, is a deceptive practice. > > > > > > On Jul 22, 7:29 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Are we in control of ourselves, our lives, our families, our worlds? > > > > > > Or are we just aware and knowing what one can do if something > > > > > > unpredictable happens? > > > > > > There are many explanations for why we do what we do. For example, > > > > > > Thomas Metzinger's new Book, The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind > > > > > > and the Myth of the Self, seriously questions whether there is even > > > an > > > > > > "I", let alone a "we." And Douglas Hofstadter's book, I Am a Strange > > > > > > Loop, contends that the "self" is a recursively self-referencing > > > > > > memory loop. > > > > > > > Hundreds of experiments by Benjamin Libet and others tend to > > > > > > conclusively confirm that our brain prepares to execute our > > > > > > decisions > > > > > > before we are even aware that anything is being decided. It alerts > > > > > > us > > > > > > to our decisions only in time (a split second) for us to veto them. > > > > > > > Seehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Libet, as well as Benjamin > > > > > > Libet's book, Mind Time, and Walter J. Freeman's book, How Brains > > > Make > > > > > > Up Their Minds. > > > > > > > It is quite likely that we have no so-called "free will" other than > > > > > > veto power over our specific actions. Our free will may consist > > > > > > instead of 1) being mindful about any ill-serving subliminal > > > > > > intentions and tendencies that inform our actions so that we are > > > > > > accordingly prepared to veto any action that they correspondingly > > > > > > inform, and of 2) programming (or reprogramming) our subliminal > > > > > > intentions to be more productive of the experiencing that we most > > > > > > desire. > > > > > > > Do we have the power to create our realities? Are we in control? > > > > > > What do YOU think?- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
