Loki
25th August 2003, 03:47 PM
Ian,
Over in the Paranormal section we sidetracked a thread with yet another round of discussions on the "Self" using the "TV" analogy. It frustrates me no end that we keep going past each other on this. So, I thought I'd try to pin down where our differences lie. To start, you offered this :
1. state of brain
2. state of mind
3. essential self
is roughly analogical to
1. state of internal components of TV set
2. picture quality
3. storyline of programme
I think I've figured out where we are failing to communicate, but to be sure I need to know where you place "personality, emotions, memories" in these two models? I assume you think of these things as being the #2 "state of mind"? Which means these things equate to the "picture quality"? Is that correct?
Over in the Paranormal section we sidetracked a thread with yet another round of discussions on the "Self" using the "TV" analogy. It frustrates me no end that we keep going past each other on this. So, I thought I'd try to pin down where our differences lie. To start, you offered this :
1. state of brain
2. state of mind
3. essential self
is roughly analogical to
1. state of internal components of TV set
2. picture quality
3. storyline of programme
I think I've figured out where we are failing to communicate, but to be sure I need to know where you place "personality, emotions, memories" in these two models? I assume you think of these things as being the #2 "state of mind"? Which means these things equate to the "picture quality"? Is that correct?