thanks for the smile. On Saturday, January 5, 2013 3:15:00 PM UTC-5, rigs wrote: > > The patriarchal systems have endured because of the economics and > security they pretended to afford women. Independent women will shuck > it off eventually which is why the backward cultures are in a violent > tizzy. > > On Jan 5, 4:48 am, RP Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Culture develops through generations , similar to the development of > > science. One scientist makes a discovery and generations of scientists > > take that forward through inventions and further discoveries. Passing > > on of knowledge to future generations is what has made humans so > > evolved. We are influenced by culture , but in the process we make > > additions and modifications to it. Also varying cultures have an > > effect on each other and cultures thus change with time. > > Everything has an effect on the little child whether it be genes or > > the environment. The ' I ' is creative and improves upon itself , but > > that is innate and to my understanding due to genes and learning. > > Ultimately, it is brain-matter which takes us forward and society is > > the field in which it develops. > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 2:24 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm not much convinced by the "psychoanalusts" RP - though modern > > > brain research does show that our real-time decision-making bears > > > little relation to the ways in which we rationalise it. The little > > > grey cells are mythical - in fact they are white in colour. You are > > > describing man as social animal in my view. Various tests tend to > > > confirm the gist of what you are saying - racism persists amongst > > > those equipped with politically correct lexicon because of the > > > 'unconscious'. I have 'failed' some of these tests myself but don't > > > commit the 'offences' despite the 'promptings'. We have even found > > > the white brain matter is structured differently in paedophiles, that > > > teenage brains are very different from adult ones and so on. > > > Connectivity between bits of the brain is also different in serious > > > criminals (and I suspect banksters). What of the role of culture in > > > all this? > > > > > On 4 Jan, 05:45, RP Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Kindly substitute ' matter ' for ' unconscious' with reference to > > >> promptings to will. > > > > >> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 7:39 AM, RP Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > Neil , we know what we are doing but in some cases what we believe > our > > >> > motives for those actions to be are not so , rather the real > motives > > >> > are exact opposites and are buried in the unconscious traceable by > the > > >> > psychoanalysts. The promptings to the ' will ' arise from the ' > grey > > >> > matter ' which is unconscious, and we ourselves arise from the > same. > > > > >> > On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 4:01 AM, archytas <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >> >> Do we think a body human if it doesn't know what it is doing RP? > Part > > >> >> of judgement is allowing for mistakes. > > > > >> >> On 2 Jan, 17:31, RP Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> >>> Psychologists say that a person's conscious motives are not the > real > > >> >>> determinants of behavior but one's real motives lie in the > unconscious and > > >> >>> one is not aware of them. A person who is obsessed with > cleanliness is > > >> >>> ostensibly a very clean person but in reality he has strong > instinctive sex > > >> >>> drive which get repressed as he cannot accept them. > > >> >>> The question is that are we to judge ourselves or judged by > others for our > > >> >>> behavior by the conscious motives or the repressed unconscious > motives ? > > >> >>> Clearly we cannot be judged for factors of which we are not even > aware even > > >> >>> though they are the real determinants of our actions. > > >> >>> The question now arises of our will , is our will free ? > Consciously we are > > >> >>> free , we think and act as we want , we can open or close our > hand freely. > > >> >>> So , we have freedom of choice , and if our will is bound by > unconscious > > >> >>> determinants we cannot be held accountable for them. If > unconsciously we > > >> >>> are selfish and consciously generous , it is our generosity for > which we > > >> >>> can be judged and not the unconscious motive. So , the phantom of > Bondage > > >> >>> evaporates into thin air ! > > > > >> >> -- > > > > > --- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - >
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