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Thinking changes the brain structure?   Message List  
Reply | Forward Message #1542 of 1997 |
Does this idea mean that if a person thinks "bad thoughts", his brain
is changed? Does this notion support the idea of "mental illness"? Do
you believe that a "demon" can change the structure of someone's
brain? Who was that guy who wrote the books "The Road Less Travelled"
and "The People of the Lie"? He stated in one of his books that he
believed in "demonic possession", that he had attended an exorcism, and
I think he predicted that "demonic possession" would become a standard
diagnosis made by psychiatrists.






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Does this idea mean that if a person thinks "bad thoughts", his brain is changed? Does this notion support the idea of "mental illness"? Do you believe that a...
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Jan 31, 2007
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... The only way to change a book containing good ideas into one containing bad ideas is to physically change the pattern of ink on its pages so that it ...
Alan Forrester
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Jan 31, 2007
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Alan Forrester said: Likewise, it may be the case that a person with bad thoughts has a different pattern of links between neurons or that the neurons fire ...
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... Moral judgements made by people change with morality and culture. However, the only people who think that morality itself changes from one culture to ...
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Szasz would agree with many of your premises. Whether I am a moral relativist or not has nothing to do with whether I approve of involuntary commitment. I...
Martin Kessler
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Feb 5, 2007
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What "brain structure" is supposed to be changed by "thinking"? Are there different kinds of "thinking"? When sensory data enter the brain, we would say the...
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In a message dated 2/1/2007 6:58:30 P.M. Central Standard Time, titaniummdk@... writes: Whether I am a moral relativist or not has nothing to do with...
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