Hey Howard, I'm strictly a mind person. My heart may urge me in one direction but the casting vote always goes to the mind.
On Jun 23, 10:06 am, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > Insane apes?? Objection! lol. > > On Jun 23, 3:49 am, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > This is intriguing rigsy, and there are times when I am highly > > instinctual though I have to keep it under wraps for obvious reasons. > > Those Neanderthal genes showing again. I wonder if this is happening > > when I stop to analyse things, sometimes a surreal state of stillness > > with everything rushing in all at once. In my opinion those parts of the > > brain, if still present, would hold answers to questions about our > > deepest instinctual motives and explain our occasional ability to > > accomplish nearly superhuman feats like lifting insane weights, reviving > > from deep hypothermia, surviving a parachute failure and the like. I > > joke about the seasons in the city- in the summer people are out on the > > streets fighting and [loving], in the winter they are hibernating. > > Sounds like the r-complex to me, another intersting bit is that the > > iguana males establish power hierarchies but the females don't and the > > health effects are very similar to human response to superiority+reward, > > anxiety and stress. Not correlating gender differences here, perhaps the > > old r-brain female instinct took backseat entirely a long time ago to > > reward the insane ape's bent on continuous reproduction and foraging. > > > On 6/22/2011 2:05 PM, rigsy03 wrote: > > > > Doesn't the balance depend on the situation/decision to be made? We > > > also have a reptile section of our brain which might over-ride > > > emotions or intellect. > > > > On Jun 21, 4:03 pm, Ash<[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Depends how you separate them, in general they seem to mean: > > >> Heart - informed by your emotions and passions > > >> Mind - informed by your knowledge and reasoning > > > >> I'm not at all sure which would encompass instinct, and disagree that > > >> heart or mind can be cleanly divided like this. Our thinking gives > > >> emotion meaning and emotion plays a part in reasoning too, both inform > > >> both, but one can take a dominant position in making a decision. My type > > >> is INFJ, though don't think this makes it more or less difficult to come > > >> to the same conclusions as other types, it seems to effect mostly my > > >> dominant thinking strategy/intuitive capacities. Whether my mind is in > > >> healthy balance with innate tendencies is a whole other matter however. > > >> :D > > > >> On 6/21/2011 2:20 PM, paradox wrote: > > > >>> Interesting...not sure; perhaps when the heart says "go" the mind says > > >>> "no", and when the mind says "go" the heart says "no"...perhaps. > > >>> On Jun 21, 8:42 am, "Howard Lee Mosely Jr."<[email protected]> > > >>> wrote: > > >>>> how do you think with your heart or mind.- Hide quoted text - > > >> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
