Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id AAA19823 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 29 Nov 2001 00:04:01 GMT X-Originating-IP: [209.240.222.132] From: "Scott Chase" <ecphoric@hotmail.com> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Study shows brain can learn without really trying Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 18:59:01 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: <F208b6n5iR05hmeKYrZ0000e2b7@hotmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Nov 2001 23:59:01.0446 (UTC) FILETIME=[A6DC1E60:01C17868] Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>From: "Dace" <edace@earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
>Subject: Re: Study shows brain can learn without really trying
>Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 19:54:10 -0800
>
> > > It's in the human unconscious that memes thrive.
> > >That's their breeding ground and hiding place.
> > >
> > >Though the mind, by itself, is unreflective, the human mind is indeed
>built
> > >up in the context of self-referential mentality. This is not the case
>with
> > >animals. While chimps, et al, carry a germ of mental awareness, it
>doesn't
> > >shape them in any profound way. "Subconscious" implies a mind that
>forms
> > >under the weight of mental self-existence, not one that forms naturally
> > >according to standard, biological pathways.
> > >
> > >
> > Isn't the supposed "unconscious" based on one of those privative
>definitions
> > at its root when all is said and done (ie- the *not*concious is merely
>that
> > vast collection beyond what is conscious, whatever that last term may
>be)?
> > OTOH subconscious is that below cosciousness, not that this adds any
> > clarity. Either term winds up being a catch all. Defining consciousness
> > clearly would be a feat enough, so contrasting that which is either not
> > conscious or below conscousness would be extremely difficult. Would the
>sky
> > be the limit?
>
>The 20th century seems to have passed you right by.
>
>The important distinction is that consciousness is something that inheres
>exclusively to the individual mind, while the unconscious is species-wide,
>embracing all of us. It's the set of instincts according to which every
>human mind operates. Occupying a kind of twilight zone is the subconscious
>mind, which is individual despite being unconscious.
>
>Ted
>
>
[sarcasm mode on]
Thanks for the clarification.
[sarcasm mode off]
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