I do not think that we lie to our self so much as that we only see/hear 
what we want to see/hear. Also we tend to say what we think the other 
persons wants to hear or say things to hurt other people. 

On Sunday, March 24, 2013 10:46:03 AM UTC+1, rigs wrote:
>
> I am more interested in why we lie to ourselves, suppress reality and 
> snarl logic in our brains. There are life and death moments of 
> survival, I suppose, but much of our potential is engineered by family 
> and culture in order to achieve some sort of control and order. Even 
> rebels are often little more than a reaction. Pretense and etiquette 
> are often the same thing.//I must have "lost" my thought re "big 
> data"/"Big Daddy? as an organizer of human knowledge versus the 
> present scatterings and specialties.// Yes- I agree most have a gut 
> reaction- but so do other life forms- it's a survival mechanism. But 
> it can be distorted. 
>
> On Mar 24, 4:12 am, andrew vecsey <[email protected]> wrote: 
> > Faked enthusiasm is as easy to spot as fake love. It is like a built in 
> > like a lie detector that god created us with. Sounds like a good way to 
> > detect lying on the internet. You can call it "god" instead of "big 
> > brother". 
> > 
> > On Saturday, March 23, 2013 6:08:39 PM UTC+1, archytas wrote: 
> > 
> > ..................... 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > Quite what junk DNA is has raised a big recent controversy - gist at 
> > 
> > >http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/feb/24/scientists-attacked-ove... 
>
> > > I agree with rigs that the term is unfortunate. 
> > 
> > > ........but I could feign 'enthusiasm' .. 
> > > ........' to detect resistance!  Even this 
> > > .....no employees dumb enough to support 
> > > excellence, ...... 
> > > if we spent out time pointing such devices at 
> > > each other though rigs!  Watch out for the first one minute dating 
> > > agency providing such!  Arghh" . 
> > 
> > > On Mar 22, 1:06 pm, rigs <[email protected]> wrote: 
> > > > Junk is an unfortunate adjective- it sounds too random. My guess is 
> > > > that further selection takes place in this area which selects the 
> > > > strongest marker- or whatever it's called- such in the color of 
> eyes, 
> > > > hair, and other characteristics. There are also generational skips 
> in 
> > > > play. I have noted other strange echoes of a missing parent such as 
> > > > the style of laughter which is a surprise and so many other 
> > > > recognitions. At any rate, we are just beginning to sort through the 
> > > > data in this one area as in others- I think it is called "big data" 
> > > > which will overcome the religious notion of "sins of the father" 
> stuff 
> > > > as well as curses and fate and will hopefully allow a more rational 
> > > > and postive approach/life choices for each unique individual. But it 
> > > > will also cause mischief. 
> > 
> > > > On Mar 22, 5:16 am, andrew vecsey <[email protected]> wrote: 
> > 
> > > > > Not all DNA code for protein. We have non coding DNA called "junk 
> DNA" 
> > > that 
> > > > > ensure we are all unique. While normal DNA codes for protein to 
> make, 
> > > for 
> > > > > example a "nose", junk DNA ensures that we grow a nose that 
> "looks" 
> > > like a 
> > > > > mixture of our father`s and our mother`s nose. 
> > 
> > > > > On Friday, March 22, 2013 12:36:39 AM UTC+1, Ash wrote: 
> > 
> > > > > > My thoughts didn't include "junk DNA", my thinking on such terms 
> are 
> > > > > > mixed in that some genes may not be useful or represent just 
> another 
> > > > > > failure point, but also that the supposed junk in one set of 
> > > > > > circumstances may prove quite beneficial in others like a 
> backup, an 
> > > > > > alternate development chain or complex interdependencies we 
> haven't 
> > > > > > observed yet. You may have a connection in mind I haven't 
> gleaned. 
> > 
> > > > > > Developing the market sounds similar but I am trying to root out 
> an 
> > > > > > aspect of this that doesn't require jumping to a premature 
> > > conclusion, 
> > > > > > such as in 'intelligent design', materialism, rigid ontologies 
> or 
> > > > > > realism. Thanks for helping me explore here gabby, lets hope 
> some 
> > > form 
> > > > > > emerges in expression. :) 
> > 
> > > > > > On 3/21/2013 3:57 AM, gabbydott wrote: 
> > > > > > > Now that sounds more like you. :) 
> > > > > > > What you are describing or asking I now 
> understand/interpret/hear 
> > > in 
> > > > > > > terms of what I know about what they are trying to find out 
> about 
> > > > > > > "junk DNA". Its purpose/function/added value. As for what you 
> > > describe 
> > > > > > > as another way, I know/experience/see this in what the 
> companies 
> > > > > > > describe as "developing the market". We are still on topic, 
> aren't 
> > > we? 
> > 
> > > > > > > 2013/3/21 James <[email protected] <javascript:> <mailto: 
> > > > > > [email protected] <javascript:>>> 
> > 
> > > > > > >     I have a feeling you are being charitable with me gabby 
> > > (cringe). 
> > > > > > >     What you say makes sense, and should add that the intent I 
> > > refer 
> > > > > > >     to is in excess of that needed for mere gene survival 
> fitness. 
> > > In 
> > > > > > >     that sense I consider the adaptations as simulations and 
> the 
> > > > > > >     excess as breaking the barriers of meta-simulation, or in 
> > > another 
> > > > > > >     way, not just running within time but operating on it by 
> > > taking 
> > > > > > >     advantage of the rules and finding ways to bend them. Now 
> it 
> > > is my 
> > > > > > >     turn to ask, does that make sense [to anyone]? 
> > 
> > > > > > >     On 3/20/2013 3:01 AM, gabbydott wrote: 
> > 
> > > > > > >         I don't know if this is good or bad, but i hear that 
> you 
> > > > > > >         haven't just heard about mirror neurons, that this is 
> a 
> > > > > > >         relatively consciously made up construct, a construct 
> with 
> > > > > > >         intent or purpose. Also it sounds strange when you say 
> > > that 
> > > > > > >         this neurological mechanism is strange (to you). 
> That's 
> > > where 
> > > > > > >         my "parallel mirror neurons" come into play, i compare 
> > > what 
> > > > > > >         you say with what i have heard you saying before and 
> add 
> > > the 
> > > > > > >         info as well as my judgement on what you say to my 
> > > internal 
> > > > > > >         "Virtualization" of you. The leap is more of a 
> constant 
> > > > > > >         exercise of differentiating between you and me while 
> > > operating 
> > > > > > >         on the virtualization of each participant, so to 
> speak. 
> > > Does 
> > > > > > >         that somehow make sense to you? 
> > 
> > > > > > >         Of course, I could go back to the group website and 
> search 
> > > for 
> > > > > > >         the real data on what you have been saying on 
> neurological 
> > > > > > >         mechanisms. But this would be a completely new 
> project. 
> > > I'd 
> > > > > > >         have to go back and construct a new image with my 
> > > knowledge of 
> > > > > > >         now. 
> > 
> > > > > > >         But since you are still alive and still communicating, 
> I 
> > > find 
> > > > > > >         it much easier and more purposeful to keep on 
> listening to 
> > > > > > >         what you say, to respond to it, and to rely on you 
> saying, 
> > > if 
> > > > > > >         you disagree. Not a good position for me to be in, 
> more of 
> > > a 
> > > > > > >         survival strategy. Now that's worth a leap into 
> rethinking 
> > > > > > >         mode. ;) 
> > 
> > > > > > >         2013/3/20 James <[email protected] <javascript:> 
> > > > > > >         <mailto:[email protected] <javascript:>> <mailto: 
> > > > > > [email protected] <javascript:> 
> > > > > > >         <mailto:[email protected] <javascript:>>>> 
> > 
> > > > > > >             My response was mostly a parallel narrative, my 
> > > thinking on 
> > > > > > a 
> > > > > > >             personal level is when does a system of components 
> > > > > > >         transcend the 
> > > > > > >             boudaries of automata and begin to engage in the 
> > > operations 
> > > > > > of 
> > > > > > >             intent. Where does gene fitness adaptation break 
> loose 
> > > into 
> > > > > > >             something perceiving, interacting, understanding 
> and 
> > > > > > >         mastering? I 
> > > > > > >             have heard that our ability to reflect and 
> interact on 
> > > an 
> > > > > > >         intimate 
> > > > > > >             level arises from a strange neurological mechanism 
> > > called 
> > > > > > >         mirror 
> > > > > > >             neurons. If this is something like the 
> virtualization 
> > > > > > >         technologies 
> > > > > > >             we have been building in technology then with a 
> bit 
> > > more 
> > > > > > >         scale and 
> > > > > > >             pondering our science may make the leap 
> > > logarithmically. 
> > 
> > > > > > >             On 3/18/2013 8:15 PM, James wrote: 
> > 
> > > > > > >                 I see this sometimes too Andrew, and we learn 
> how 
> > > our 
> > > > > > >         internal 
> > > > > > >                 systems and culture drive and shape us, so we 
> can 
> > > > > > >         create. We 
> > > > > > >                 model from the simplest sensory stimuli on to 
> > > > > > >         reflections on 
> > > > > > >                 the nature of our existence and what could be 
> in a 
> > > > > > >                 simultaneous simulation of reality. Our world 
> can 
> > > be 
> > > > > > >         full of 
> > > > > > >                 intent, or I should say we experience it thus 
> due 
> > > to our 
> > > > > > >                 capacity arising from our nature and drawing 
> > > parables 
> > > > > > >         in the 
> > > > > > >                 mist. It makes me wonder how many levels of 
> > > abstraction, 
> > > > > > >                 simulation and foresight are necessary to 
> > > represent 
> > > > > > >         the human 
> > > > > > >                 element. That minds like ours are derived from 
> > > nature is 
> > > > > > >                 astonishing and awe inspiring, that we reach 
> so 
> > > far 
> > > > > > >         and yet 
> > > > > > >                 innocence is so fragile, the experience of 
> > > awareness 
> > > > > > >         is far 
> > > > > > >                 from today's science I think. Our synthetic 
> > > > > > >         counterparts or 
> > > > > > >                 robots will have to wait. 
> > 
> > > > > > >                 On 3/13/2013 5:35 AM, andrew vecsey wrote: 
> > 
> > > > > > >                     Perhaps we are born into a world filled 
> with 
> > > > > > negative 
> > > > > > >                     aspects rather than positive aspects so as 
> to 
> > > give 
> > > > > > >         us a 
> > > > > > >                     direction. We are born small so that we 
> can 
> > > grow. 
> > > > > > >         We are 
> > > > > > >                     born ignorant so that we could know. We 
> are 
> > > born 
> > > > > > with 
> > > > > > >                     negative aspects so that we could acquire 
> > > positive 
> > > > > > >         ones. 
> > 
> > > > > > >                     On Monday, January 28, 2013 12:11:39 PM 
> UTC+1, 
> > > > > > andrew 
> > > > > > >                     vecsey wrote: 
> > 
> > > > > > >                         Why do so many of us remember negative 
> > > > > > >         feelings easier 
> > > > > > >                     than 
> > > > > > >                         positive ones. Pain over 
> > 
> > ... 
> > 
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