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I found last weeks discussion on the experience of stroke to be very interesting. In particular I thought Dr. Taylors description of her experience during a stroke was a very unusual insight. I found her comparison of experiencing a stroke to that of being in "thetaville"- which our class seemed to define as when we have direct communication between our conscious and unconscious, that sort of hazy state between being awake and asleep, to be very unusal. Her description of how she felt during the stroke also almost sounded similar to being in an intoxicated and confused state yet she seemed to temporarily describe it as enjoyable and as reaching a state of "nirvana". Now Dr. Taylor goes around preaching to individuals how they should activate one side of the brain in order to disconnect from the separated "self" and connect with everything around them- get rid of the boundaries. But to some extent, I wonder if this is what individuals try to do through the use of drugs and alcohol? It almost sounds to me like Dr. Taylor is trying to preach a way for people to reach some euphoric state just without the use of chemical substances? Could experiencing a stroke be similar to being seriously intoxicated? What would these similarities teach us about the brains capacity to experience different events? Or maybe it doesn't mean anything at all...