What's been on my mind since my last blog entry:
0. Free will is an illusion and a delusion.
1. We are neuro-chemical machines running lots of short neuo-chemical programs.
2. Give somebody a stimulus and they'll give you a pre-programed response.
3. People are push-button machines.
4. Any decided effort to change one's own neuro-chemical programs is not free will as it, too, is a response to a set of stimulations.
5. Being reprogrammed by others is often easier than reprogramming one's self.
6. Awareness that one is being reprogrammed is unnecessary.
7. Cellular automata are still a good way to model people's behavior in systems.
8. Certainty and belief are convenient delusions.
9. Instead of saying "I believe" say "I make believe." Just try it on for a while.
10. All human behavior is singing and dancing.
11. Everyone has stimulation needs that are going to be met one way or another.
12. I have huge stimulation needs.
13. To meet those needs I will extract extra stimulation from current familiar situations or create new ones.
14. I may very well destroy myself in the process of getting my stimulation needs met, and that worries me.
15. Understanding myself in these terms has certainly helped me to control my behavior.
16. Goto 0.
0. Free will is an illusion and a delusion.
1. We are neuro-chemical machines running lots of short neuo-chemical programs.
2. Give somebody a stimulus and they'll give you a pre-programed response.
3. People are push-button machines.
4. Any decided effort to change one's own neuro-chemical programs is not free will as it, too, is a response to a set of stimulations.
5. Being reprogrammed by others is often easier than reprogramming one's self.
6. Awareness that one is being reprogrammed is unnecessary.
7. Cellular automata are still a good way to model people's behavior in systems.
8. Certainty and belief are convenient delusions.
9. Instead of saying "I believe" say "I make believe." Just try it on for a while.
10. All human behavior is singing and dancing.
11. Everyone has stimulation needs that are going to be met one way or another.
12. I have huge stimulation needs.
13. To meet those needs I will extract extra stimulation from current familiar situations or create new ones.
14. I may very well destroy myself in the process of getting my stimulation needs met, and that worries me.
15. Understanding myself in these terms has certainly helped me to control my behavior.
16. Goto 0.
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squire:
Why? You a cop? 
Listen man, I don't know where that shit came from.
Listen man, I don't know where that shit came from. 
the_melon_helmet:
You up for driving into MD tonight for some crab cakes? My friend is in from Japan for some good old Air Force training and I'll be leaving here at 600ish to head out there. Give me a ring.