Thank you, Tony and Paradox. Except we can clean up our hard drive!
Maybe I should have said "reactions" rather than moods- esp. since females have the rep of being moody creatures. I'm not sure if it is memory or the sc that is triggered by irrational associations. On Jul 15, 3:22 am, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > Not as familiar with the terrain regarding imagination and creativity, > rigsy; but some thoughts; imagination probably employs the same object > representation and manipulation routines as event "simulation", > certainly occupies the same higher order region; the process is just > less well tethered; an analogy that comes to mind is that of the rider > whose handling on the reins becomes more adept the more confident he/ > she becomes, and the more conditioned the horse gets over time. > > Creativity is more difficult to pin down; my intuitive sense is that > it's probably defined in the versatility of transition of isomorphic > brain "states"; so its not so much a "discrete" attribute, but more a > "bell curve" function. > > Difficult to say about unexplained moods; could be the result of > chemical or homeostatic imbalances, tensions, unresolved mental > phenomena, or any of a long list of things really; what do you think? > > On Jul 14, 12:46 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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 -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
