Get with the program, Neo-Freudians
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rinueMy main trouble with Freudianism is that it ignores evolution in favor of solipsism: all motivations and experiences are internal and tied to early individual ego formation, not the result of thousands of years of species development. I forgive Freud himself; given the time in which he was working, his oversight is excusable, and given his patients, it's reasonable that he'd view human beings as basically not functioning - whereas evolution says the opposite, says that on balance we're the most successful way for us to be.
For instance, if we enjoy sex, it's not an attempt to ingest the other and in so doing own them, or a means of replacing the oral satisfaction of nursing (regardless of whether we used a bottle instead of a breast) - it's because our nerves and brain chemistry are arranged in a way that encourages us through pleasure to have more sex. Sex = procreation chance = evolutionary advantage and the continuation of the human race.
I mean, jeeze, guys. There are nerves in places other than the brain, and we didn't individually decide to put them there.
Ciro and I have kind of a [somewhere between a competition, an inside joke, and a hobby] going on where we try to find the most impenetrable or unncessary example of gradspeak. My current lead example is "his inedia is doubled by an even more intransigent aphonia*." Anybody out there have a favorite academic convolution?
*Translation: He is starving and won't talk.
For instance, if we enjoy sex, it's not an attempt to ingest the other and in so doing own them, or a means of replacing the oral satisfaction of nursing (regardless of whether we used a bottle instead of a breast) - it's because our nerves and brain chemistry are arranged in a way that encourages us through pleasure to have more sex. Sex = procreation chance = evolutionary advantage and the continuation of the human race.
I mean, jeeze, guys. There are nerves in places other than the brain, and we didn't individually decide to put them there.
Ciro and I have kind of a [somewhere between a competition, an inside joke, and a hobby] going on where we try to find the most impenetrable or unncessary example of gradspeak. My current lead example is "his inedia is doubled by an even more intransigent aphonia*." Anybody out there have a favorite academic convolution?
*Translation: He is starving and won't talk.
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Data
Date: 2007-07-01 02:30 pm (UTC)Felis Cattus: is your taxonomic nomenclature,
an endothermic quadruped carnivorous by nature?
Your visual, olfactory, and auditory senses
contribute to your hunting skills, and natural defenses.
I find myself intrigued by your subvocal oscillations,
a singular development of cat communications
which obviates your basic hedonistic predilection
for a rhythmic stroking of your fur, to demonstrate affection.
A tail is quite essential for your acrobatic talents;
you would not be so agile if you lacked its counterbalance.
And when not being utilized to aid in locomotion,
it often serves to illustrate the state of your emotion.
Oh, Spot. The complex levels of behaviour you display
connote a fairly well-developed cognitive array.
And though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not comprehend,
I nonetheless consider you a true and valued friend.
-Data
-Bluezy Bunny