In my last post (link), I suggested that internal dialogue, which is the verbalization of thinking, was an add-on to the already functioning mammalian brain. Our hominoid ancestors had an unconscious awareness (stimulus-response system) that was needed for survival. …

I went through another round of the conscious-unconscious — don’t-know-what-it is really — debate. The main thrust was how we (mammals) have used unconscious bodily activity for millions of years to guide and enable us to survive, and we (hominoids) have used consciousness for only 200,000 to maybe 6 million…

I am almost the same age as Joe Biden. I am also a runner so Facebook regular sends me posts about old runners in their 70’s, 80’s, even 90’s and over 100. Lots of elderly runners. Marathons under 4 hours, Ironman contestants, 100 mile finishers. Think about the bell-shaped curve…

On thinking and Cultural Beliefs: I found an article in Scientific American that helps explain cultural beliefs, which helps with the understanding of how we think. And it has ramifications for today’s political antagonism. The article is about neuroscience and actual brain matters and the field of neuroscience. …

So do you have an internal dialogue in your mind? A stream of consciousness? Do you use language for this dialogue? Or perhaps a mixture of language and images? Or is it a series of smells that express the world, much like canine and bears. I am betting language. We…

I want to discuss information flow: language versus visual. We know what’s going on these day: kids are not reading and not learning to read. Kids are texting (shorthand as best as possible) and Tik Toking (a medium that prizes short videos). Thing are changing n our communication habits. The…

Here is my line of reasoning on inflation: 1. Prices are set by companies based on supply and demand. There are no government price setting mechanisms. This is the free market in action. 2. The primary price driver of many, many items is energy. Energy costs are built into the…

Jeff 5/28/22 Here’s my thinking on the capitalism/socialism discussion: 1. Too simplistic to think of this as an either-or situation. 2. Definitions of each are critical to any discussion 3. “Socialism” has been used as scare word for the last century. 4. We already have certain “socialistic” programs: Medicare, Social…

This seems to be your logic: people are on assistance, assistance is bad, Democrats making America soft because these people on assistance aren’t trying hard enough. Inequality is good because it makes people work harder. Maybe that is not how you should see it. Let’s start with this point of…