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I am not so sure about them not having contact. Recent
or historical contact does not exhaust the possibilities.
Fred
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Subject: Re: plagiarism (still
off-topic)
Fredric Gross wrote:
>
> Worse, the judge delved into the subconscious.
What
> proof is > there that the
subconscious is anything more
> than a
convenient > intellectual construct used to
explain
> mysteries to the satsifaction of
> the explainer?
>
> If you're
referring to the whole Freudian ball of
wax,
> maybe so. But I think there
is a great deal of empirical
> support for
this construct, however you categorize
it.
> Also for the notion of a "collective
unconscious" that
> accounts for many
strikingly parallel legends & myths
that
> have arisen over time in widely
disparate cultures,
> including many that
never had any contact with each
other.
>
>
Jordan
>
>
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