Everything is easily understood...

Originally posted by FreakyKBH
The contextual alignment required to understand an issue aright contains--- at minimum--- humility and recognition of impotence. Without these two, all else is merely rote.

How cool... "... humility and recognition of impotence." Isn't this the very context

in which the whole game begins, once we emerge from the womb locker room?



..........................................

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
How cool... [b]"... humility and recognition of impotence." Isn't this the very context

in which the whole game begins, once we emerge from the womb locker room?



..........................................[/b]

That, and we're hungry and extremely angry!

Originally posted by FreakyKBH
That, and we're hungry and extremely angry!

Causes of the hunger... frustrated peristalsis, emptiness, vacuum, void? Of the anger?

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Causes of the hunger... frustrated peristalsis, emptiness, vacuum, void? Of the anger?

I'm guessing here, but I'll go with anger at:
own ignorance
shock of being thrust into new situation
fear
unfamiliar sensory overload
lack of Radiohead soundtrack

Originally posted by FreakyKBH
I'm guessing here, but I'll go with anger at:
own ignorance
shock of being thrust into new situation
fear
unfamiliar sensory overload
lack of Radiohead soundtrack

"ignorance"... What are the manifestations, as perceived by the infant or child?

"shock of being thrust into new situation"... Why not the excitement of discovery?

"fear"... 'Of the vast unknown' seems unlikely if ignorance prevails. So, of what?

"unfamiliar sensory overload"... Makes sense. Out of the locker, onto the field.

"lack of Radiohead sountrack"... Why a systemic need for comforting distraction?



....................................

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
[b]"ignorance"... What are the manifestations, as perceived by the infant or child?

"shock of being thrust into new situation"... Why not the excitement of discovery?

"fear"... 'Of the vast unknown' seems unlikely if ignorance prevails. So, of what?

"unfamiliar sensory overload"... Makes sense. Out of the locker, onto t ...[text shortened]... ystemic need for comforting distraction?



....................................[/b]

Late Edit: Also wondering when illusion and delusion crop up to blur the picture?



.........................................

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
"ignorance"... What are the manifestations, as perceived by the infant or child?

"shock of being thrust into new situation"... Why not the excitement of discovery?

"fear"... 'Of the vast unknown' seems unlikely if ignorance prevails. So, of what?

"unfamiliar sensory overload"... Makes sense. Out of the locker, onto the ...[text shortened]... ystemic need for comforting distraction?



....................................[/b]

Sorry: lost track during the milieu...

What are the manifestations, as perceived by the infant or child?
Mostly unnamed. General confusion similar to a newly blind/deaf man who wakes up adrift on the sea.

Why not the excitement of discovery?
No frame of reference wherein new was equated with reward.

'Of the vast unknown' seems unlikely if ignorance prevails. So, of what?
As above, only with a dominating sense of no inner stabilizing moorings upon which to latch.

Why a systemic need for comforting distraction?
The body human was created for comfort, for pleasure... within prescribed boundary and following correct measure. Hugs feel good.

Originally posted by FreakyKBH
The contextual alignment required to understand an issue aright contains--- at minimum--- humility and recognition of impotence. Without these two, all else is merely rote.

These positive qualities are format present at birth. Yet, as you've pointed out, numerous countervailing

and intrinsic negative factors become present early and cause major disconnects. Key to the resolution?



.............................................

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
These positive qualities are format present at birth. Yet, as you've pointed out, numerous countervailing

and intrinsic negative factors become present early and cause major disconnects. Key to the resolution?



.............................................

Key = cure the cancer.

Originally posted by FreakyKBH
Key = cure the cancer.

Sounds as if the 'key to resolution' requires a willing/cooperative patient, a series of cognitive surgical procedures

and long term post operative rehabilitation. Many terminal cancer patients are seeking an exotic quick fix. Hmm...



............................................

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Sounds as if the 'key to resolution' requires a willing/cooperative patient, a series of cognitive surgical procedures

and long term post operative rehabilitation. Many terminal cancer patients are seeking an exotic quick fix. Hmm...



............................................

Unfortunately, most post-mortem cases reveal a surprising lack of recognition to the condition. The majority recorded that everything seemed okay...

Originally posted by FreakyKBH

Unfortunately, most post-mortem cases reveal a surprising lack of recognition to the condition. The majority recorded that everything seemed okay...

'Surprising'..... because the many telltale symptoms (identified in this thread) go unnoticed by the cognitive cancer sufferer's

family and friends and because the individual seems oblivious to or comfortable with his/her own impaired function and pain?




.....................................

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
[b]'Surprising'..... because the many telltale symptoms (identified in this thread) go unnoticed by the cognitive cancer sufferer's

family and friends and because the individual seems oblivious to or comfortable with his/her own impaired function and pain?




.....................................[/b]

No, I was thinking that what makes it so surprising is that it seemingly so obvious--- maybe not the actual cause, but the fact that something is wrong is a lingering, malignant fact of man's existence.

Originally posted by FreakyKBH
No, I was thinking that what makes it so surprising is that it seemingly so obvious--- maybe not the actual cause, but the fact that something is wrong is a lingering, malignant fact of man's existence.

Interesting macro take. Seems to suggest 'cognitive cancer' may quite possibly be an as yet

unidentified and major universal cause of blurred vision, blindspots and incipient blindness.



........................................................

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Interesting macro take. Seems to suggest 'cognitive cancer' may quite possibly be an as yet

unidentified and major universal cause of blurred vision, blindspots and incipient blindness.



........................................................

That may be it, but I firmly believe that we know that we don't know and yet there exists a need to stifle this knowledge--- it makes us so uncomfortable--- with a frantic search for happiness.

One of our poets/philosophers hit the nail on the head when he said:

"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation."