The Floopmoo area of the Brain
Buzzard
He had been acting out, and getting into
trouble.
Dr. Festerbestertester examined the boy,
and explained to her the situation:
"It vould zeem that your son's problems are
due to a malfunction of the Floopmoo area of
his brain. This leaves him unable to judge
the consequences of his actions."
Not wanting to put all her eggs in one basket,
Mrs. Fonebone sought a second opionion.
Dr. Hofferrer examined the boy, and explained:
"Note on the brain scan an almost complete
inactivity of the Floopmoo area of the brain.
This inactivity indicates, and is a direct result
of, to his failure to consider the consequences
of his actions."
Raving
> "It vould zeem that your son's problems are
> due to a malfunction of the Floopmoo area of
> his brain. This leaves him unable to judge
> the consequences of his actions."
Use it or lose it, huh.
Here, allow me to provide an alternate interpretation for ...
'un(necessary) to judge the consequences of his actions.'
(I not sure that you will find this written down anywhere.)
It is is unnecessary to judge the consequences of one's actions
*because* such 'evaluation' has already been preprocessed.
I call it context based decision making.
Step #1 ... Figure out the appropriate context.
Step #2 ... Make as many decision(s) as one desires casually,
impulsively or otherwise.
Example: When in Rome, do as the Romans.
Hey, we are in Rome(?) Check. Correct.
... Let's party!!! Let's party!!! Let's party!!!
Buzzard, when I need to make a decision, pretty much the only way that
I can make it is by an impulsive flip of the coin. One choice had
better be more or less as good as the other because I will become
hopelessly lost in procrastination and changing my mind and changing
my mind and changing my mind, should I dare to stop and consider, re-
consider and start exploring the alternatives.
Notice that the *hard decision* is made to correctly identifying the
circumstances (context) Once the context is seized upon, the set of
conduct which is appropriate to the circumstances is acceptable and
self limited.
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There are other methods of autonomously deciding and acting which
aren't commonly appreciated either.
There is the 'manic method' for instance. Do everything. Do everything
systematically. Start at the beginning and continue through to the
end. ... step-by-step-by-step-by-step-by-step .... (Do not pass go. Do
not collect $200. Do not continue onwards beyond the end. One game per
customer *only*. Sorry.)
Gee, wouldn't a teenie bit of mania for just a short while be
wonderful? I might even stay at the activity long enough so as to
accomplish something. I secretly envy the EverReady Energizer bunny.
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"unable to judge the consequences of his actions."?
.. that is tight arsed, anal retentive, control freak talk that is!
I hate going shopping with my wife. She can go out looking and
considering for hours and still insist on not deciding at the end of
it all.
Frankly, making a carefully, though out decision is demanding,
tedious, strenuous work. It takes a specific type of mind to do things
that way on an ordinary, ongoing basis.
Most people, mostly, do not make decisions in this manner.
Buzzard
> It is is unnecessary to judge the consequences of one's actions
> *because* such 'evaluation' has already been preprocessed.
> I call it context based decision making.
> Step #1 ... Figure out the appropriate context.
> Step #2 ... Make as many decision(s) as one desires casually,
> impulsively or otherwise.
> Example: When in Rome, do as the Romans.
> Hey, we are in Rome(?) Check. Correct.
> ... Let's party!!! Let's party!!! Let's party!!!
Have to know about rome, though, in order to have the context?
(damn dial-up! my modem just kicked offline!)
> Buzzard, when I need to make a decision, pretty much the only way that
> I can make it is by an impulsive flip of the coin. One choice had
> better be more or less as good as the other because I will become
> hopelessly lost in procrastination and changing my mind and changing
> my mind and changing my mind, should I dare to stop and consider, re-
> consider and start exploring the alternatives.
Thats a trap i keep getting lost in.
Its like trying to wade through waist-high molasses.
> Notice that the *hard decision* is made to correctly identifying the
> circumstances (context) Once the context is seized upon, the set of
> conduct which is appropriate to the circumstances is acceptable and
> self limited.
Is this a social context you're referring to?
If it is, that might explain a few things...
All my social contexts have been distorted by the
ostracision and psychological abuse that was heaped
upon me by my own classmates in public school.
(kind of hard to learn whats "proper" and whats
not, when *everything* you do or say is ridiculed)
> There are other methods of autonomously deciding and acting which
> aren't commonly appreciated either.
> There is the 'manic method' for instance. Do everything. Do everything
> systematically. Start at the beginning and continue through to the
> end. ... step-by-step-by-step-by-step-by-step .... (Do not pass go. Do
> not collect $200. Do not continue onwards beyond the end. One game per
> customer *only*. Sorry.)
That method sounds like doing a mathematical proof
> Frankly, making a carefully, though out decision is demanding,
> tedious, strenuous work. It takes a specific type of mind to do things
> that way on an ordinary, ongoing basis.
> Most people, mostly, do not make decisions in this manner.
I know. And that's why I find a lot of TV product commercials
so damn annoying. They try to sneak into your mind the context
they want you to have, so you'll automatically make the decision
they want you to make.
....
Actually, I was trying to make a point with that
fictional example, and it was that 2 Doctors,
given the exact same situation,
can come to completely opposite conclusions.
--
the lost penguin of loch ness
Buzzard
> (snip)
> .. that is tight arsed, anal retentive, control freak talk that is!
What do you expect from a doctor named "Fester Bester Tester" ?
Maybe I should have given my hypothetical doctors more obvious
names, like "Dr. Anal Gesic", or some such.
But any way, it could have been *any* behaviour, and
*any* brain activity; the point of the hypothetical
would not have been affected.
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Random
Raving
I need to step back and re-condense before continuing ...