Yes- that is too technical for me. :-) I see the sc as the hidden currents of a river- at least this morning that's my view. Where do you think imagination and creativity spring from? Or unexplainable moods? Or the irrational? Don't be too technical, please.
On Jul 14, 3:36 am, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting psychoanalytic approach; i'm sort of a little closer to > the "technical" school; seems to me that dreams and phantasies are > pretty much the same "stuff" as conscious thought, but without the > coherence, constraints, and "echolocation" of input, cognition, and > the autobiographical self; in that sense, we think (neural mapping) > pretty much 24/7, conscious, subconscious, or otherwise; it's just so > much more elegant when we're conscious, or daydreaming, curiously :). > > Re the "great conductor"; in this great cauldron of distributed > mapping, something has to "direct" and prioritise attention; that's > the job of dispositional affect (value), or emotion, through amygdala, > hippocampus, and associated wide area networks. Antonio Damasio has > produced some very interesting, very readable and easily accessible > works in this area. > > On Jul 13, 1:51 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The "great conductor" to where? The sc may color our thoughts and > > actions but I have a problem giving it a thought process similar to > > the ego or super-ego. The fact that we cannot control our sc makes us > > want to control it- it can be dangerous or embarassing or distracting, > > for instance. I do think it adds a dramatic complexity to our thoughts > > and actions- esp. those "Freudian slips"! :-) Another possibilty is > > that the sc is a warehouse for our unresolved selves that pitch and > > twist in our minds during dreams or daydreams and sometimes influence > > solutions by interrupting logic, problem solving, comprehension or > > relationships. It may also serve the purpose of keeping us honest- > > somehow the mind has to find a balance- "acting as if" only goes so > > far. > > > On Jul 13, 5:13 am, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Mando, dont forget that our thoughts are also "merely things", and > > > our sub-conscious also "thinks"; "emotion" is the great conductor. > > > > On Jul 12, 2:18 pm, Mando <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > how are we easily swayed from our thought by merely things? is that > > > > humans are focused or controlled by the sub-conscious...- Hide quoted > > > > text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
