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Behavior and Senses

Earlier in the week we breifly mentioned the possibility that someone's behavior isn't necessarily voluntary. To me this means that someone placed into a particular situation will react in the way that is most natural and fluid. However we all know that this is not the case because we have all showed restraint in various situations. The difference to how we may behave may be to due to the invovlement of the I function. The I function may regulate how our behavior is expressed but just like when we are dieting using the I function to supress out hunger, the I function can't outlast the set point. This is probably the case when someone says they just "snapped". The couldn't control themselves anymore, the I function was exhausted and couldn't contain the behavior that was most natural to them at that time. Since the I function learns through reafferent loops and our senses, when someone goes "crazy" does that mean that the I function is no longer working. We established that we have more then 5 senses and all inform each other equally behaving as a check and balance system. Does that mean we should be able to talk someone out of their "crazyness" by reminding them of their other senses, to convince them what is real and what is not?

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