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Not this one...
I believe that computers haven't destroyed Lisa's life...
and I am not entirely convinced that they have mine either...
otherwise...
L8R--Michael

Levels of thought...

So, I was just playing minesweeper and I started to talk to myself... So I was talking about conversations I had had throughout the day and how they could have gone differently (not that I had any conversations in the last week) so then I started thinking about how / why I was thinking about that... Which brings us to the title of the blog... So then I put myself into a phyciatrists office, and I was telling him about how I believe that talking to him would not help... And then I started saying that I was saying that because everybody says that the first day in a phyciatrists office... Then I talked about how everybody saying that is their way of feeling comfortable in front of the phyciatrist... And saying that everybody saying that is my way of feeling comfortable... But then I took it to the next level of thought, why am I telling him that me thinking of them thinking of their situation helps me feel comfortable... And I guess the answer is because I naturally want the phyciatrist to like me, so I am acting smart and pretending that I can be a level above the situation as well... (the next level up in thinking would be that I want to be on the same level of control as him...) and because of the life I have and have had I can't see past the control level of thinking that I have... (although in saying that I do just that) but whatever...
These levels of thinking are very important to me... Not these exact ones but the idea of being able to control how I think of how I think... (back from dinner... I stopped playing minesweeper) Well, it seams that the point of the phyciatrist is to think a level above the one you are thinking at... Simply by asking himself, why is he telling me this? How could this have developed? Whatever... I believe that most people spend their time in "level 0" which would be just be thinking and doing... It is common for people to enter "level 1" which would be like, "why is he telling me this?" or "what does he have to gain?" or "why am I feeling this way?" I believe that it is uncommon in a regular day for someone to enter "level 2" of thought such as, "why do I care how this affects anothers?" or "how does it change things if I feel this way?"
Whatever... Time to play some Halo...
To satisfy my "level -1" of thought... Which ironically enough involves no thought...
L8R-- Michael