> "Bassos" writes:
>

>>>>Ego has a job ?
>>>>I thought it was just the sense of continuity in experiences.

>>>
>>> Isn't it rather the expression of the fear of discontinuity,

>

>>Nah, that is just one ways of expressing friction.

>
> What does that 'that' refer to? Ego? What you wrote? What I wrote?

>>> i.e. one kind of reflection of said sense of continuity?

>

>>was it a choice, or was the choice already made ?

>
> The sky is gray. The air is fresh.

>

>
> Nah, that is just one ways of expressing friction.

>

>> i.e. one kind of reflection of said sense of continuity?

>
> was it a choice, or was the choice already made ?

> My sister has a feeling that every time she insults the aunt, she is gonna
> give all her merck stock to her landlord, ..... and she says she really
> doesn't care, either way. in fact that is probably...

>
>
> I primarily mean the money flow of *everyone*
> What would people do if they knew how everyone spend their money ?
>
> Big corporations ?
> Politician cash flows ?

>
> Could there be lobby, if all is known ?
> Would there be greasing any wheels if everybody knew who greesed who ?

>
> The fear thing is about corporations ruling this information.

>
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>>
>> I primarily mean the money flow of *everyone*
>> What would people do if they knew how everyone spend their money ?
>>
>> Big corporations ?
>> Politician cash flows ?

>
> so much time and effort is spent on tracking this and creating predictive
> models about it

>
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>> "Tom" comcast.net> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> It's not that simple. Ego is an amplified organic survival mechanism.

>>
>> do you really believe so?

>
> It's not simply a "belief". It's a considered judgment.
>
> Please read "How the Mind Works", by Dr. Steven Pinker, Psychology Dept.
> Harvard University, as an introduction to how this judgment arose.

>
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>> "marika" gmail.com> wrote in message
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>>>>
>>>> It's not that simple. Ego is an amplified organic survival mechanism.

>>>
>>> do you really believe so?

>>
>> It's not simply a "belief". It's a considered judgment.
>>
>> Please read "How the Mind Works", by Dr. Steven Pinker, Psychology Dept.
>> Harvard University, as an introduction to how this judgment arose. ...

> It's not simply a "belief". It's a considered judgment.
>
> Please read "How the Mind Works", by Dr. Steven Pinker, Psychology Dept.
> Harvard University, as an introduction to how this judgment arose.
>

>> is the point then that people who are say mentally ill enough to be
>> locked up, are their egos broken, or would they be even more successful
>> if say there were no societal controls that require their lock up

>
> "Mentally ill" covers a wide variety of cognitive, perceptual, emotional,
> and behavioral problems. It's incredibly simplistic to describe all
> people with mental illnesses as having "broken egos".

>
> Ofcourse you are aware that 'up to date' neuroscience does not claim to be
> able to map anything.
> Yes, the theories are interesting.
> But no, there is no actual convincing evidence for a singular theory.
> You could know this by keeping up to date.
>
> Hell, The best researched bit of cortex is the Ocipital lobe, you know,
> vision.
> Up to today they are still looking for 'pictures' in the brain, instead of
> change.
>
> Wait, could the brain be an organ sensitive to change ?
> Oh wait, it is....
>
> Now know that nobody knows how the mind works, and any book claiming to
> know by it's title is suspect.
> ...

>
> "Tom" comcast.net> wrote in message
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>> It's not simply a "belief". It's a considered judgment.
>>
>> Please read "How the Mind Works", by Dr. Steven Pinker, Psychology Dept.
>> Harvard University, as an introduction to how this judgment arose.
>>

>
> I have read that book twice. I have also seen him in person
> http://groups.google.com/group/alt.religion.kibology/msg/d0891c7972289a7a?hl=en
>
> I often disagree with him as you can see from this citation. He still
> hasn't answered any of my questions to my satisfaction.

>"marika" gmail.com> wrote in message

>> "Tom" comcast.net> wrote:

>>> It's not simply a "belief". It's a considered judgment.

>> Maybe they have more efficient egos and we just don't get it and lock them
>> up because it interferes with our concept of what egos should be doing.

>
>All of them? Or only some of them? As I say, "mental illness" covers a
>wide variety of problems. It's incredibly simplistic to try to lump all of
>them together. Is there any one particular person who you would like to
>cite as an example of how a "more efficient ego" gets one locked up as
>mentally ill?