Posted by Mal on September 23, 2002, at 12:11:09
In reply to addendum, posted by Eddie Sylvano on September 22, 2002, at 12:34:23
> I realized that I forgot to mention a tidbit about emotion. It seems to me that emotion (in its relation to constant pattern seeking), is an ingrained response table to specific types of patterns, as a way of rewarding or punishing the individual for experiencing them, and thus steering them into productive lines of action, for the species. This table evolved over millions of years, and serves as a good set of general rules to deal with expected patterns (stimuli).
> Overall, it seems that mental disorders are, in a sense, the brain tipping its hand on the systems it employs to create our sense of being. It's only when the system's actions are exaggerated by some defect that they become so manifest.
>Maybe I am being far too simplistic (as your previous posts were mostly above my head), but do you think this "emotion" part of the brain might be at the root of the biological clock that women (and perhaps men, in a "midlife crisis") experience? Thoughts and emotions spur one to take action to procreate? Interesting concept.
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