:: Captain's Log ::
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| ::[Name]:: Larah McKay |
| ::[DOB]:: 12/22/1980 |
| ::[DOD]:: 7/15/2063 |
| ::[Age]:: 23 going on 4 ½ |
| ::[Place o Birth]:: San Diego CA |
| ::[Sign]:: Capricorn |
| ::[Year]:: Monkiki |
| ::[What]:: Flonkey |
| [::..things I dig..::] |
| ::[Current List]:: John Cusack, Hugh Jackman, Steve Burns, Adrien Brody, and Pharrell Williams |
| ::[Music]:: Indie, Jazz, Hip Hop, Classic Rock and my girl Utada Hikaru |
| ::[Books]:: Atlas Shrugged, Cannery Row, HP 1 & 3 |
| ::[Movie]:: Amelie, Neverending Story, Labyrinth, 5th Element, Spirited Away |
| ::[TV Show]:: The Man Show, Ranma, Kenshin |
| ::[Artists & Who Not]:: Dali, Miyazaki, Amedeo Pace, Syd Barret, Amon Tobin |
| ::[Actors]:: John Cusack, Winona Ryder, Gregory Peck, Franka Potente |
| ::[En Particular]:: My love, My Melody, Moonstones, Domo-Kun, All things Japanese, Oscar Peterson, Vintage crap, Records, Cigarettes, The moon, Pizza Rolls, Sakuras, Springtime in Kintai, Transcendence |
| [::..If I could I would..::] |
| Fly, model model t fords (import style), move to random places with no abandon. |
| [::..recommended..::] |
| :: Me Home Page Matey [>] |
| :: Eric "Edubl" Constantino [>] |
| :: Eric's Art Nouveau Site (not like decor, but his new site) [>] |
| :: James wannabe cool site [>] |
| :: Craig's Ramblings about God knows what.. (Sike Craig!)[>] |
| :: David's (slukas) site [>] |
| :: Nellie's World[>] |
| :: Jax Chronicles[>] |
| :: Jem Corp[>] |
| :: Think Candice Think[>] |
| :: Rich n Creamy[>] |
| [::..archive..::] |
| [::..Insights..::] |
| Short term memory (if there is such a thing) is composed of 5 units, plus or minus two. Hence, to make a funny, lists have to be 4 or less, preferably 3. Any more would allow previous information to be displaced, taking away from the humor. |
:: Monday, April 12, 2004 ::
For Confused
Sigh... Basically it's talking about the whole brain/body dichotomy, which can be divided even further to brain/mind (the mind in the sense that consciousness and thought emerge from physical brain processes). You don't identify yourself with your shadow or reflection in that touching it or altering it in anyway does not actually alter yourself. Seeing a distorted reflection or shadow does not mean your brain thinks "holy fuck, my body is fuct up." Your brain/mind can be thought of as independent of your body. Yes you feel pain and touch and sensations due to your skin's receptors which send a signal to your brain. Your brain also sends signals to your body to make it move. In that sense, your body and brain are cooperative entities. But your body also has subconscious movements that are governed by sub-cortical structures, not necessarily the "brain". But you, yourself, are derived from your experience, your consciousness, and yes granted from your sensory input which is received through your receptors on your body... but that is processed by your brain into perception, not just raw sensory input. Your neo-cortex is responsible for you... your identity, not necessarily what you take in from your body. It's sensation vs. perception.
Is that a good explanation?
ps. The second quote also helps explain the first indirectly. Leg amputees will sometimes have feeling in their amputated legs while engaging in sexual intercourse. This is because the neurons in the brain's body map for the leg/foot is right next to the neurons for the genitalia. Conversely, a person with an amputated penis will have phantom erections when the foot is stimulated (most amputees will have phantom feeling in, or even report being able to move their amputated limbs/body parts.)
:: Larah 3:02 PM [+] | ::
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