MRW October 30, 2009 at 2:27 pm

Essential correction: “With what we’re experiencing and hearing”

[One of Dr. Doidge's thing is that we dont know how to listen, we only know how to hear. If we knew how to listen we could change our brain. He spent four years writing this book reading and talking to the top scientists in the world about this, and examining their research.]

MRW October 30, 2009 at 2:05 pm

I’ve got a better book for you, Witty, than arrogantly hurling the insult at Mr. Moor that he needs to decolonize his mind by learning the language and politics of his own birthplace. And that book is THE BRAIN THAT CHANGES ITSELF by Dr. Norman Doidge. He reports the (latest) scientifically proven fact that not only does the brain produce culture, but the culture wires the brain in a particular way, which starts out as practices, then becomes biological differences.

Can’t tell you how long the book has been on the NYT Bestseller List, but you can find it.
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MRW October 30, 2009 at 2:22 pm

Chaos, another thing that Dr. Doidge says (see post #41 above) is that when emotions are driving us, our brain extrapolates. We start making associations with what we’re experiencing, and assume the truth of them, that veer right off the high diving board into a pool of sand. RW gets emotional about Zionism and Israel. Ditto Nomi and her ilk.

It’s that whole amygdala thing. You have to be capable of great intellectual discipline to use the frontal lobe with subjects you care deeply about, and I haven’t met, or read, a Zionist yet who’s capable of it. It’s exacerbated here in this country by the fact that shrinks have elevated ‘feelings’ to the level of truth, when they’re not.

In the meantime, EVERYONE, enjoy, enjoy, enjoy this great column by Larry Derfner in the Jerusalem Post. Dont miss this one! It’s a keeper. link to z.pe