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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
>
>