tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743746633913926150.post8382487743419142948..comments2024-03-12T07:00:44.143-04:00Comments on CHILDMYTHS: Newborns, Emotions, and Adultomorphism: Sources of the Primal Wound MythJean Mercerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619393019771381980noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743746633913926150.post-76211489263925255772011-05-09T06:05:25.565-04:002011-05-09T06:05:25.565-04:00Alien abductions...hehehe....but in fact believers...Alien abductions...hehehe....but in fact believers in alien abductions do have some things in common with Primal Wound believers. Both are convinced that they know what happened to them, that their memories are true, not due to suggestion, false memory, or wishful thinking, and that their theories, abducted by aliens or primally wounded shortly after birth explain everything. Personal experience and belief in that experience are the only criteria that matter and both groups are indignant that science seems to be attacking their cherished belief systems.<br /><br />Science is about ideas that can be tested and proven true or false, theories that can revised or discarded as new facts emerge. Pseudoscience is about belief that is defended no matter what the facts say.maryannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14820185286946511471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743746633913926150.post-6370301706685199562011-05-08T00:49:33.581-04:002011-05-08T00:49:33.581-04:00Hahaha! Ok, thanks.Hahaha! Ok, thanks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662691953403328653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743746633913926150.post-11535786549046817022011-05-07T18:01:59.711-04:002011-05-07T18:01:59.711-04:00Well, not really likely, in my opinion. Could be a...Well, not really likely, in my opinion. Could be a adult's memory of giving birth, if that's what you mean-- but how would a newborn baby know what an operating room is? As for the pain in the belly, if you are thinking that's the umbilical cord being cut-- there aren't any sensory nerves in it, so that can't be it.<br /><br />Of course, memories can be suggested by various events and "feel" the same as veridical memories. Cf. Elizabeth Loftus. So a person's idea of what it's like to be born could contribute to a "memory" of this kind. <br /><br />But please understand, I'm not saying they are really alien abductions!Jean Mercerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619393019771381980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743746633913926150.post-18353844738297876042011-05-07T16:45:14.322-04:002011-05-07T16:45:14.322-04:00I've been thinking about these "alien abd...I've been thinking about these "alien abduction" stories as birth memories, or birth memory dreams. They talk a bout an operating room, mno-coloured people, bright lights, and a pain in the belly. Seems likely, do you think?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662691953403328653noreply@blogger.com