From: Clinton Alexander (clinton@clintonalexander.com)
Date: Sat Jul 27 2002 - 20:45:17 MDT
Kenneth Hurst writes:
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: Psych/Philo: Brains want to cooperate
"It is a proven fact that men and women think differently (do a quick
google, you'll find a ton of articles referencing this).
Reply:
I'd say the whole concept of thinking is out of whack. Current
knowledge might theorize that we create thoughts with language and
images. This happens all day long as we go about creating our little
worlds with truck loads of thoughts. I don't buy it. It's a very
ego-centric way of explaining it to ourselves. Much like saying the
earth revolves around the sun. The stuff that happens inside would be
better described as choosing. The thoughts are already out there. We
are simply choosing which ones to pay attention to. Thoughts are like
food. Like berries on the big bush called reality. Thoughts are
everywhere, maybe they are electromagnetic, I don't know. What I do
know is that I don't own my thoughts. I SEARCH for thoughts. I CHOOSE
thoughts. So does everyone else. My point is that men and women do not
think differently ... They choose differently because they have
different priorities. But we all have different priorities, so I guess
we all choose differently. Some better than others.
Clinton
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