Brain

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When it comes to the brain, I do not think of the skull BUT RATHER the matter inside.

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What we know of as the hard drive or processor for the 3 components of the mind: cognition (thinking), conation (volition/purpose) and affect (feeling).

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In all my studies and readings, I have been led to believe that what is plaguing America is not a series of 1000 different mental illnesses, but rather a set of personality disorders that can display or develop 1000 different traits/behaviors/put your fancy term here.

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I believe that we have been learning for more than 100 years how important PARENTING is. The Skeels and Dye research (read here) took children of low IQ parents in one group and children of average IQ parents in the other group - and did a stunning experiment that would never be allowed with today's ethics.

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The gave the low IQ group to a group of old maids that desperately wanted a child to love. These woman cuddled and loved those babies, choosing to buy books and educational toys when they could. The high IQ group was put in a children's home where they received NO stimulation of love or intellect.

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As you would expect: the low IQ children grew to a considerable intellect, while those given no love or support consistently dropped in IQ. We ARE seeing the aftereffects of a society that is increasingly putting more educational duty onto schools than onto parents.

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Children are bred like rats and indoctrinated with maladaptive beliefs and illogical thought processes.

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I am passionate about it because I relate as one of those children. Click here to go to articles I wrote on topics that sum up my own belief system.

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I do hope the idiosyncrasies of my mind will be public in the future. My autobiography 3/4 done with more than half of it in the hands of my "editor" or "proofreader" since it is an unpaid position!

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The NECK

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