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<p>glen concluded<i>:</i></p>
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<p><i> It feels analogous to religious nutjobs who insist that
others think/talk in terms of their chosen pantheon. It's like
they *need* others to participate in their masturbatory
fantasies. <br>
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<p>I believe this is a widespread human behavior/affect/motivation:
Following McGilchrist's lateralization/bicameralism models, it
seems that both the right/intuitive-emotive and the
left/analytic-reductionist are capable of entrainment with
others... Glen's RAVE-groove vs Maths-proofs are both examples of
things done at least partially (if not significantly) as a
public/shared activity. I know folks who can slap some earcans
on and groove out to their best tunes (almost?) as if they were in
a mosh-pit or a line-dance (choose your favorite genre).
Similarly analytic work is generally something done in relative
isolation/privacy, but it is coupled with a collective action...
it is often in response to various group-level problem-solving
unctions. There is lots of anecdotal evidence that some folks go
off into the wilderness and solve maths proofs in caves and never
discuss or share them with anyone, but I suspect the ratio of that
activity to those working in academic institutions, teaching one's
best tricks to a fresh generation of students, publishing in
academic journals, etc. is small.</p>
<p>That said, there is something to the ebb and flow of coupling
across populations and over time. It is likely that the
complexity of expression that can be achieved in relative (albeit
temporary) isolation exceeds or at least differs qualitatively
from that which emerges while in (tight?) coupling with others?
Communal/Collective/Social species/populations would seem to be
taking advantage of something? I'd imagine that the Swarm
DevGRoup literature/legacy would have theories or practice around
this spectrum of individual/collective intentions? Or more
generally relevant to this group at-large ABMs?<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/26/25 7:44 AM, glen wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:06769a48-d099-40ce-8ac2-7fab3b00ca4c@gmail.com">I think
what might be left out of this analysis is the "need for
cognition". I don't think emotion and reason are biologically
disjoint. But I do think emotion tends to be more systemic, has a
positive feedback or a "washes over you" element that reason
doesn't usually have. (Perhaps caveat some people, or most people
taking a nootropic that facilitates getting into the Flow.) People
who exhibit a high "need for cognition" are either less prone to
the positive feedback in emotional responses or their reasoning is
equally engulfing. I can *imagine* being just as awestruck while
working through a complicated proof as being caught up in a cool
groove at a rave. I can only imagine it though.
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People like Allison may have an impoverished need for cognition.
But even that may be too simple. He obviously worked very hard on
his videos. And it takes more than a little technical and artistic
skill to be a successful DJ. Your idea of self-stimulation works
in that sense.
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But what's more interesting is the desire to take whatever
stimulus excites you *public*. E.g. let's say I find it fun to
flip quarters and count the heads. I could do that for hours on
end, till my fingers are sore. What might drive me to a) do that
in front of other people? b) Encourage other people to do it? c)
Find ways to reinforce how much fun it is? d) If others don't seem
to respond, up the ante or get mad at them? Etc. Allison seemed to
love gore, violence, putrid hate, etc. as well as a good groove at
a DJ gig. Fine. To each their own. But what extra element is added
by engineering gore- and hate-filled videos to stoke it in others?
That I don't understand.
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It feels analogous to religious nutjobs who insist that others
think/talk in terms of their chosen pantheon. It's like they
*need* others to participate in their masturbatory fantasies.
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On 3/25/25 10:13 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">I don’t know anything more about the
Allison story than you provided, but it seems plausible to me
there could be a common psychological syndrome here. In his
case, a synergy between stimulation that amounts to pornography
combined with the recruitment of parts of the brain used for
emotional engagement and moral reasoning. If one has watched
Musk unravel over the last few years, he could be experiencing
something similar. He seems addicted to the transgressive
ideas, even more so than Trump. It gets him off and now there
is no social pressure that can contain it. Even with Tesla
trending down, there’s plenty of fuel to keep the fire burning.
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This paper develops the idea with fMRI evidence:
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/science.1062872">https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/science.1062872</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/science.1062872"><https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/science.1062872></a>
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Comparing the two individuals:
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An emotionally intense self-concept becomes fused with a
platform identity.
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That platform becomes the stage for moral, emotional, and
identity battles.
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Over time, external feedback (likes, fans, outrage) replaces
internal filtering.
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Public behavior becomes more personal, moralistic, and
emotionally amplified.
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*Boundaries collapse*— between public/private,
personal/professional, belief/strategy.
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*From: *Friam <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:friam-bounces@redfish.com"><friam-bounces@redfish.com></a> on behalf of
glen <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:gepropella@gmail.com"><gepropella@gmail.com></a>
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*Date: *Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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*To: *friam@redfish.com <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:friam@redfish.com"><friam@redfish.com></a>
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*Subject: *[FRIAM] intgegration
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Secret Life of Matthew Allison
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/matthew-allison-dj-terrogram-collective-boise-dallas-humber">https://www.propublica.org/article/matthew-allison-dj-terrogram-collective-boise-dallas-humber</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/matthew-allison-dj-terrogram-collective-boise-dallas-humber"><https://www.propublica.org/article/matthew-allison-dj-terrogram-collective-boise-dallas-humber></a>
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Frank and I had several arguments a long while back about the
ontological status of the "integrated self" (e.g.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2015-10217-002">https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2015-10217-002</a>)
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2015-10217-002)"><https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2015-10217-002)></a>.
Meanwhile, many of us have gone 'round and 'round about the
extent to which we can take behaviorism seriously. While Allison
may be an extreme case, I maintain that each of us
compartmentalizes, not merely as a coping or defense mechanism,
but as a fundamental part of what it means to be an animal. I've
also accused Dave of the composition fallacy in arguing for high
order psychological phenomena as an effect of low order brain
lateralization. But I also find "we are multitudes" a convenient
if not entirely true rhetorical frame for talking about our
(most of us) lack of psychological integration.
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Given all that, I am almost never surprised when one of
someone's secret selves peeks through whatever veneer they've
presented to me. The default assumption should be epistemic
humility. Each time you catch yourself thinking you understand
someone, pull out your discipline whip and use it.
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-- <br>
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