EncryptiC
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The Receny illusion is a common life experience, for example: someone says "there are so many BMWs on the motorway today", from that point on all you can see is BMWs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recency_illusion
Working backwards: An example
You begin hearing "this is insane" in conversations all around you, everywhere you look. (There are many explanations: Internal mental biases, psychosis, External events etc)
Hypothetically could maths alone aid in disproving negative reasons for events? (if one could 'somewhat magically' have an accurate 'normal frequency' of an event occurring)
Differential assessment could then clarify whether the frequency was normal (therefore internal effects: humans biases, psychosis etc) or abnormal (external: group bias, collusion, practical joke etc) Not possible in real time but it may confirm and clarify a fundamental/recurring thought process and would lead to very different introspective or extrospective outcomes.
In mild psychosis, reactive psychosis etc it can revolve around one particular faulty thought process. Incorrect (internal/external) corrective analysis could greatly confuse the subject and makes things far worse, whilst choosing the correct type the problem might become largely irrelevant.
The Rosenhan experiment (there have been a few variations on the theme) shows when otherwise sane individuals are treated as insane the results are alarming. This includes being forced to commit to medical treatments against their will and not receive kind treatment unless they admit their mental problems. Patients involved slowly felt like they were insane as time progressed but reported an overwhelming feeling of dehumanisation. Considering many problems may well be external (e.g a practical joke, group collusion etc) if they are treated as internal there is a potential for huge over complication of the initial problem which grows out of control. The mental validation of an event, which is stated as being wrong, could lead to the slow destruction of otherwise healthy functional mental input assessment.
Any thoughts?
(I realise this is not typical bluelight conversation but kind of ADD stuff, and likely the major flaw is obtaining an accurate statistical frequency)
Working backwards: An example
You begin hearing "this is insane" in conversations all around you, everywhere you look. (There are many explanations: Internal mental biases, psychosis, External events etc)
Hypothetically could maths alone aid in disproving negative reasons for events? (if one could 'somewhat magically' have an accurate 'normal frequency' of an event occurring)
Differential assessment could then clarify whether the frequency was normal (therefore internal effects: humans biases, psychosis etc) or abnormal (external: group bias, collusion, practical joke etc) Not possible in real time but it may confirm and clarify a fundamental/recurring thought process and would lead to very different introspective or extrospective outcomes.
In mild psychosis, reactive psychosis etc it can revolve around one particular faulty thought process. Incorrect (internal/external) corrective analysis could greatly confuse the subject and makes things far worse, whilst choosing the correct type the problem might become largely irrelevant.
The Rosenhan experiment (there have been a few variations on the theme) shows when otherwise sane individuals are treated as insane the results are alarming. This includes being forced to commit to medical treatments against their will and not receive kind treatment unless they admit their mental problems. Patients involved slowly felt like they were insane as time progressed but reported an overwhelming feeling of dehumanisation. Considering many problems may well be external (e.g a practical joke, group collusion etc) if they are treated as internal there is a potential for huge over complication of the initial problem which grows out of control. The mental validation of an event, which is stated as being wrong, could lead to the slow destruction of otherwise healthy functional mental input assessment.
Any thoughts?
(I realise this is not typical bluelight conversation but kind of ADD stuff, and likely the major flaw is obtaining an accurate statistical frequency)
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