tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9297799.post6485867172186773543..comments2023-10-26T10:02:51.761-04:00Comments on Dr. C.: A Modest Proposal for Containing ParadoxUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9297799.post-24964839101932959832009-04-14T09:11:00.000-04:002009-04-14T09:11:00.000-04:00Dr.C. in the backfield surveys the opposing line. ...Dr.C. in the backfield surveys the opposing line. He notes several openings, no, <I>many</I> openings. Ah, so many openings, so little time.<br />I, for one, do not <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance" REL="nofollow">experience </A>: "anxiety, guilt, shame, anger, embarrassment, stress, and other negative emotional states" at the thought of all those little sodium channels firing away peacefully in the brain (such emotions are reserved for the American health system.) <br /><br />It seems, however, that the concept of paradox actually proves the point: i.e., the human brain is biologically programmed for certainty rather than Either/Or. That is, out on the edge of the savannah one doesn't have a lot of time to entertain alternatives. The attempt to hold paradox induces cognitive dissonance precisely because we need biological certainity. I suppose that the complexity of social certainty is another matter. Hmmm. Needs to mull this over.Dr. Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06255898610620668624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9297799.post-383393692277661702009-04-13T15:28:00.000-04:002009-04-13T15:28:00.000-04:00[FX: thoughfully scrunched eyebrows]If parad...[FX:<BR/> thoughfully scrunched<BR/> eyebrows]<BR/><BR/>If paradox is impossible, whither cognitive dissonance?Felixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13179787011325615414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9297799.post-87944702985121262882009-04-12T14:56:00.000-04:002009-04-12T14:56:00.000-04:00Very interesting. I haven't had time to think abou...Very interesting. I haven't had time to think about it properly (the Model is ripe for discussion . . .) but I wonder how the Han/CREB results relate to <A HREF="http://nihrecord.od.nih.gov/newsletters/2009/03_20_2009/story4.htm" REL="nofollow">Robert Sapolsky's similar research</A> which seemed to suggest that reprogramming of neurotransmitters, not direct memory destruction caused loss of fear in (their) rats.Julie Heywardhttp://unrealnature.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com