Thursday, October 4, 2012

A Fog

I spend a lot of time thinking and writing about psychological and praxeological constructs.  Where has that taken me?  A couple places, lately:

1) Thinking about a single hierarchy of mental functional models.  Since these span disciplines and do not follow any systematic conventions, the precise format of a "hierarchy" is in question; perhaps it is multi-dimensional.  It must necessarily begin with neurochemistry, proceed through neurobiology to mental reflex, to basic behavioral theories (i.e. Pavlov), development of emergent behaviorism (exceptionally diverse just by itself; i.e. Kahneman's "System 1"), up through Freudian constructs (id, ego, etc...), Jungian "Collective Unconscious", and formal cognition (Kahneman's "System 2"), including cognitive biases that may emerge from below, as well.  As I said, clearly these can be identified along multiple dimensions and I would be the last to know what the correct organization of such diverse concepts would be.  Even a linear order seems quite hard to establish.

2) Where the hell am I at, mentally and emotionally?  Usually I know, quite well.  Today, I do not.  I am in a fog.  I have been wanting to rock this very boat, so there is no justification for me to complain.  But what lay ahead of me, I cannot say.  I will try to have faith in the reality the world has given me.  I am having trouble sleeping, having trouble calming my mind.  I am having, perhaps, mental fatigue caused by a change in physical activity over the last few days.  The most important thing here is that I cut through the fog and figure out which pieces I wish to hold onto, because every day that I go back to undesirable old habits is an opportunity lost.

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