Subj : Re: Rome
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Tyler Trafford
Date : Mon Aug 29 2005 16:40:55

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

John I wrote:
> Tyler Trafford wrote:
>
>> RR wrote:
>>> Tyler Trafford wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> As is typical, I have little to say.  The show has intrigued me
>>>>>> enough to watch more episodes, which I suppose means "it rocks"-ish.
>>>>>
>>>>> Trafford completely fails to mention Polly Walker's incredibly hot
>>>>> nude scenes.
>>>>>
>>>>> I mean, like *WAY* hot.
>>>>
>>>> Too true, too true.
>>>>
>>>>> Out of respect (and ignorance), I will not speculate as to why this
>>>>> is.
>>>>
>>>> The review *was* suspiciously short on facts.
>>>
>>> I suspect your mind was subconsciously[1] on other things at the time of
>>> writing.
>>>
>>> [1] I often question my use of the various forms of word "subconcious".
>>> Sometimes I see people using the word "unconscious" where it seems they
>>> should use "sub". Does not sub = "beneath the thinking mind", while un =
>>> "out cold"?
>> 
>> You are correct, sir.
>> 
>> I had a psych professor who said that whole idea of 'subconscious' or
>> 'subliminal' was wrong, because there was nothing beneath the thinking
>> mind.  (Besides autonomic reflexes, obviously.)
>
> I think your professor was wack.  There are connections and expressions that 
> get built without conscience thought all the time.  The creative process is a 
> prime example.  How many times have we all had that moment when a great idea 
> came unbidden.  Clearly unconscience (subconconscience, if you will) mental 
> processes were at work making associations between concepts and memories 
> before the idea was triggered and registered in conscience thought.
>
> I think your professor suffered from the kind of right brained deficiency you 
> get in a lot of PhDs.  They spend so much time and effort in higly congnitive 
> and consciencely logical thought, and are divorced from their other more 
> emotional mental sides, that they lose touch with important mental faculties.
>
> Also "Unconscience" was used by Freud and Jung in much the same way we often 
> use Sub-c.

Now that I think about it, it may have only been "subliminal perception"
that he was talking about.  (It was an 8am class my first semester in
college, I can't be expected to retain much.)
-- 
Tyler Trafford

Nirvana?  That's the place where the powers that be and their friends hang out.
		-- Zonker Harris

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