Nikolas, On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 4:03 AM, Blodgett, Nikolas <[email protected]> wrote: > Im new to this board, and as its my first time I feel an introduction is in > order (I am at the tail end of a two/three week research process for a > psych paper, which was actually due two/three weeks ago, but I couldn't > help myself.
Dan: Welcome! NB: > I have made alot of progress with my personal theory, because > of this one paper and the timing in my life contextually.) In any case I > will only post ONE of my notes to myself, despite my urge to regurgitate > everything out all at once. The bottom line is I am going to (try to) keep > this short (its a long note, about a half page but relevant to the > question). Anywho, first things first: a quick intro (this is straight off > one of my index cards, and also relates to my current theory; so it really > serves as a dual-intro) - This all began with Zen and the Art of > Motorcycle Maintenance. Robert M. Pirsig and his Metaphysics of Quality > began my first epiphanies and changed my life. It started the seed which > began crystallization (I love that metaphor of his, I encountered the term > while reading about Baddeley's Working Memory model which separated the > processes into 'crystallized' and 'fluid'; coincidences like that amaze me, > even though Im pretty sure they are illusions, it depends on how you look > at it). Dan: I read ZMM in 1974 and it made quite an impression on me too, but then the reality of life came along and sidetracked me for a lot of years. I think my first copy of ZMM is still sitting upon my brother's bookshelf. I loaned it to him some 40 years ago but he hasn't gotten around to reading it yet. I'll give him another 20 years and then I am asking for it back. I didn't realize Robert Pirsig had written a second novel until sometime in 1996 or maybe '97. Anyway, not long after I read Lila I discovered this group though at the time it was known as the Lila Squad. In 1998, Bodvar Skutvik asked me to write the Lila Squad story. I had no idea what he meant or how to go about it. Long story short, with Bodvar's encouragement and the help of Robert Pirsig I put together Lila's Child in 2002. It still boggles my mind that the same man who wrote Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance helped me with that book. NB: > My global knowledge structure began taking shape, continued right > up through insight/The Eureka! Effect (Jung, Beeman), coming across the > 'lateralization of hemispherical function' (which I believe relates to > this, but Im still working on it), into (school and) philosophy and > everything I learned how to question, up through psychology and cognitive > science, all the little things in philosophy and psych that (I found) > agreed with me, such as Geiger and the 'third man effect' & 'bicameralism' > (I was absolutely blown away the other day when I read the other letter on > moq.org to Paul Turner and he mentioned Jaynes' book; needless to say the > year long gap and sudden reaquaintance with my past theoretical origins > was shocking), and now Gazzaniga, his split-brain work and cognitive > neuropsychology (see also, The Master and his Emissary; similar to G's > 'left-brain interpreter' which Pirsig had mentioned in the first letter to > Bodvar, the connections are truly endless; but then again its not > surprising I followed this path so far), as I grow and develop my ideas the > hits just keep on coming as I tweak my metatheory Dan: My own personal theory: Once a person begins making connections it is only a matter of time before they begin to blossom into their own light. By adding their own individual voice to the multitude of those who have gone before, whole new vistas open up for them. That seems to be the power of intellect... not to simply regurgitate the old but to weave a tapestry of something new. NB: > I hope that wasnt too painful, I had to get that out .... > heres one of my notes about subject/object ....."The whole of reality, as > well as the infinite many possibilities of which it is composed, like a > quality piece of music, art, or even a beautiful math theorem/equation, > gives rise in humanity to a universally specific perception for every > particular sensation. Experiencing stimuli through the senses is a > subjective phenomenon on which depends any and all objective knowledge and > truth, which seems, in effect, to diminish its validity. This is false > because of the majority, consensus, or 'common sense' which, when a > universal aspect of perception is arrived at by humanity, is itself > subjective proof of an objective reality to concepts, and the system > therefore 'becomes weightless' (as Baudrillard puts it anyway). Our > intuition is based on our sensations; logic creates, through its > interaction with our base-most unconscious intuitive processing, all our > truth, knowledge, facts and theories/hypotheses, etc......" > -so there it is, also it is interesting to note that the paper which has > kept me awake for weeks has everything to do with chasing what Pirsig > mentioned about lateralization; I considered it a great lead, and it has > been. Im lucky Im in school doing something I love, because otherwise this > process would be exhausting instead of invigorating .... and I wouldn't > have found this either! Dan: If I am reading this right, I tend to disagree with it. Each of us interprets the world via our own personal histories... the culture where we grow up, our education or lack of it, those we choose to associate with, our likes and our dislikes, and on and on. There is no subjective proof of an objective reality. Our intuition is not only based upon our senses but what stands behind the senses. As such, all of us are unique in that we perceive the world in our own fashion. Thank you and good night, Dan http://www.danglover.com Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
