Post by Shawdae Martinez CRN 20339 on Sept 7, 2015 9:58:32 GMT
Shawdae Martinez CRN 20339
9/2/15 Code 11632
Part 1:
In the short film “The Star Trek Brain Metaphor” the speaker describes that there are parts of our brain that determine our reactions to the incidents that happen in our life. The most rational part of our brain is described as “Spock”. It focuses on logic and reason and can come across as heartless. In high school when I was on the debate team we had many subjects we discussed (and argued). None more prevalent than the shootings that happen near our hometown, some kids that were causing trouble in early morning hours were in the cross fire of gang related activity. Although I understood their families pain I could not empathize with them, for my logic took over my emotion. Had these kids never been out at 4 am causing havoc their lives would have never been in danger. I argued that I understood the pain of the lost but the loss could have been avoidable.
The survival part of our brain is reflective to “Scotty”. It’s the part of our brain that knows that there is need for action. I’ve experienced this “Scotty” reaction when being kicked out of my house at 15. Although my emotions should have kicked in, and I should have been an emotional wreck I understood I had to survive. So I worked through it picked up two jobs and still managed to go to school. It was not until months later that I felt the over whelming feeling of pain. I believe that if I would have felt it at the time it was happening I would have never been able to pull myself through the way I did.
The emotional part of our brain is described as “Kirk”, it’s what allows us to feel and relate back to others. I have never felt this more than when my aunt died of cancer. Knowing her struggle and seeing it unfold on not only her life but the effect it had on others. She left such a positive view on life and allowed me to work in my emotions with the lessons she taught me.
Part 2:
I’ve experienced several unusual coincidences with my boyfriend that we felt had some what crossed our lives together. When we first got together both of us had come out of a 4 year relationship, we were both at a turning point in our life. As the years passed we noticed that our parents had the same amount of children just opposite genders. We each had one dimple on opposite sides of our face and that both were not exactly even. The last names of my brothers and sisters were cross streets close to where he lived. We felt like all these things that we had in common must have been fates way of pulling us closer together. On the other hand there are skeptics out there that would argue against our assumption of fate. Bertrand Russell would say that the coincidences that we seen as fate were only seen that way because we seemed so aware of them, that the events in our lives were only as relevant as we were making them. The more we tried to find coincidences in our relationship the more we assumed fate was presenting itself.
9/2/15 Code 11632
Part 1:
In the short film “The Star Trek Brain Metaphor” the speaker describes that there are parts of our brain that determine our reactions to the incidents that happen in our life. The most rational part of our brain is described as “Spock”. It focuses on logic and reason and can come across as heartless. In high school when I was on the debate team we had many subjects we discussed (and argued). None more prevalent than the shootings that happen near our hometown, some kids that were causing trouble in early morning hours were in the cross fire of gang related activity. Although I understood their families pain I could not empathize with them, for my logic took over my emotion. Had these kids never been out at 4 am causing havoc their lives would have never been in danger. I argued that I understood the pain of the lost but the loss could have been avoidable.
The survival part of our brain is reflective to “Scotty”. It’s the part of our brain that knows that there is need for action. I’ve experienced this “Scotty” reaction when being kicked out of my house at 15. Although my emotions should have kicked in, and I should have been an emotional wreck I understood I had to survive. So I worked through it picked up two jobs and still managed to go to school. It was not until months later that I felt the over whelming feeling of pain. I believe that if I would have felt it at the time it was happening I would have never been able to pull myself through the way I did.
The emotional part of our brain is described as “Kirk”, it’s what allows us to feel and relate back to others. I have never felt this more than when my aunt died of cancer. Knowing her struggle and seeing it unfold on not only her life but the effect it had on others. She left such a positive view on life and allowed me to work in my emotions with the lessons she taught me.
Part 2:
I’ve experienced several unusual coincidences with my boyfriend that we felt had some what crossed our lives together. When we first got together both of us had come out of a 4 year relationship, we were both at a turning point in our life. As the years passed we noticed that our parents had the same amount of children just opposite genders. We each had one dimple on opposite sides of our face and that both were not exactly even. The last names of my brothers and sisters were cross streets close to where he lived. We felt like all these things that we had in common must have been fates way of pulling us closer together. On the other hand there are skeptics out there that would argue against our assumption of fate. Bertrand Russell would say that the coincidences that we seen as fate were only seen that way because we seemed so aware of them, that the events in our lives were only as relevant as we were making them. The more we tried to find coincidences in our relationship the more we assumed fate was presenting itself.