Which one of the 6 listed below is the most interesting to you ? ************************************************** [Before phrenology] all we knew about the brain was, how to slice it..." -- R. Chenevix (phrenologist),1828. Phrenology was a faculty psychology, theory of brain and science of character reading, what the 19th-century phrenologists called "the only true science of mind." Phrenology was derived from the theories of the idiosyncratic Viennese physician Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828). The basic tenets of Gall's system were: 1.The brain is the organ of the mind. 2. The mind is composed of multiple distinct, innate faculties. 3. Because they are distinct, each faculty must have a separate seat or "organ" in the brain. 4. The size of an organ, other things being equal, is a measure of its power. 5. The shape of the brain is determined by the development of the various organs. 6. As the skull takes its shape from the brain, the surface of the skull can be read as an accurate index of psychological aptitudes and tendencies.
Have to go with 5 well thats the gut reaction. Don't let me sidetrack your discussion of the generals though. Jeavis and Jutthead is going to have a field day with "large organs" huhuhu huhuhu I think you might have managed to engage row 3
#6 Something from Cesare Lombroso theory of inherited criminality(Anthropological criminology) . Only he used more variables : large jaws, forward projection of jaw, low sloping foreheads high cheekbones, flattened or upturned nose handle-shaped ears large chins, very prominent in appearance hawk-like noses or fleshy lips hard shifty eyes, scanty beard or baldness insensitivity to pain, long arms.
A very interesting chap indeed ! http://www.cerebromente.org.br/n01/frenolog/lombroso.htm Cesare Lombroso was an Italian university professor and criminologist, born in Nov. 6, 1835, in Verona, who became worldwide renowned for his studies and theories in the field of characterology, or the relation between mental and physical characteristics. Lombroso tried to relate certain physical characteristics, such as jaw size, to criminal psychopathology, or the innate tendency of individuals toward sociopathy and criminal behavior. As such, Lombroso's approach is a direct descendant of phrenology, created by the German physician Franz Joseph Gall in the beginning of the nineteenth century, and closely related to other fields of characterology, such as craniology and physiognomy. His theory has been scientically discredited, but Lombroso had the merit of bringing up the importance of the scientific studies of the criminal mind, a field which became known as criminal anthropology.
I like #1 The brian is the organ of the mind. As for the generals, obviously I would like to trade with them however, don't you trade differently based on account size? A general will have an account size 100 times more powerful than mine, thus will trade in a different manner than I. All that being said I would love to hear how they trade, but I am not all that interested in hearing why most others are not interested or don't get it. I gotta believe that all of "us" have some effect on the market. How many independent traders are here today compared to 1975 or sooner? Each day more and more people enter the market. I am not saying that it would make a HUGE difference but if we all took a day off there would be something to notice.
OK class, back to The Generals, as we will re-visit our study of the mind as we progress. We must first now look at some basics in relation to The Generals. We will concentrate on the Stock Market. "What do we need to fully understand about the Stock Market" Hint: It is like a raging river, but is not in the correct place !
Your account size will determine how many shares you buy, when position sizing is applied by the use of strict risk control. You can have many advantages over The Generals, as it is not that easy for an Elephant to hide behind a Mouse !
http://www.cerebromente.org.br/n16/mente/illusions.htm The Chain of Perception There are three links in the chain of perception. The first is external and physical: the propagation of electromagnetic waves from the object to the eye. The second is the physical visual apparatus, from eye to brain, consisting of nervous tissue, although some important preliminary processing takes place. The third, and most complex, is the interpretation of the visual stimulus and the creation of the internal model of the world that is used by the consciousness. In the third step, the visual stimulus received from outside is combined with information from the memory to create the picture. This is the most important part of vision, and how it is done is unknown. All the really interesting parts of vision occur here. The physical visual system from eye to brain has been studied in exquisite detail, its parts examined and described, and even the nerve impulses observed and measured, but all this gives no satisfying explanation of vision. It has been established, however, that important preliminary processing takes place here, including the differencing and the coding of stimuli. Coding is necessary to reduce the flood of information to a manageable amount. The visual system has a bandwidth problem, indeed. The world picture must be constructed from incomplete information, in fact inferred from clues. The three-dimensional world is sensed by the two- dimensional retina, emphasizing the central role of depth clues. The picture depends on the unconscious recognition of objects, so that the remembered properties of objects can be transferred to those they seem to be on the basis of visual hints. Recognition is what gives vision its reality, showing the central role of mind.