A response to one of Nicole's questions...

She asked the question, "Why is it so hard for some people and so easy for others to remeber their dreams? Does practice really make it any easier or is it just a predetermined thing?

One of my opinions is that it just depends on the person whether its hard or easy for one to remeber their dreams. There's a few variables involved like genetics, its possible that your family might carry a gene for someone to remember a dream easier than another. Another variable is a person's health. A person's health may determine if it's easier for them to remember dreams. If someone is relatively healthy they may have an easier time remembering dreams. If a person does drugs, has a lack of nutrition, a disability or has problems in any other area of health may effect them trying to even have dreams let alone trying to remember dreams.

Another opinion is that I mostly believe that it really is just a predetermined thing. I really don't think practicing how to remember your dreams will help any, infact I don't even think it's possible to have any type of method in practicing remembering your dreams. I believe that there is something beyond nature itself that allows certain people remember their dreams easier than others.

If you had the power to life in a dream-like world, would you want to live in it instead of living in the "real world"?

Humans versus Nature...

This week in class, we started a new topic about Darwin and his theories and ideas. I thought it was a little surprising to hear that Darwin was part of human nature topics because I thought that he was all about science. Darwin was known for his ideas in science that attached to nature of things. The big things that he was known for was his theory of evolution and natural selection by nature. I'ts pretty interesting how they connect with human nature because with the theory of evolution, people have definely changed over the years due to adaption with the different living styles we all live in. About natural selection, it determines on alot of peoples actions towards the world for people to make a good living. In class we were talking about how humans are taking over and sort of controlling nature. This is because people now a days are using highly advance scientific ways to influence with nature by cloning, using machines instead of doing things naturally, there are alot of ideas going around about artificial intelligence which could definetly change the world. Also, people are discovering ways for exploring space in which space is not part of our world so therefore tangles with human nature, and scientists are already using bio-technology to change the traits of animals, as well as scientist are studying more about atoms to use for other incredible unnatural possibilities.

Do you think that people will ever go back to the simpler ways of life or do you think that humans will continue the never ending cycle of advanced technology and other incredible ideas..?

In response to one of Laura's questions...

She asked, "What would you do the last day of your life?"

Me...well the last day of my life I would gather all my family members I ever met across the U.S. and my very best friend and throw an enormous party for all of us to be together and have fun on the last day of my life. Family and friends are really important to me so I'd want to spend the last day celebrating with them. There would probably be around 100 people plus kids because I have a large family and I'd take the time to know each and every one of them as we all party. I can picture this happening at my Aunt Mary's Mansion to hold all the people and there would be tons of exotic foods and games and everybody would be nicely dressed as if it was a christmas party. I remember alot of times when I was young, my family would have huge celebrations and I'd be too shy to meet some family I never met before so thats why that this event would be very important for me to have on the last day of my life.

Life seems sooo short sometimes especially when we start to grow up. If you had the opportunity to pick an age in your life to stay at forever, what would it be?

Existentialism...

The week of April 12th, our class has been talking about existentalistism which I think is an interesting but hard to understand topic. Existentialism is almost defined by it's slogan; Existence precedes essence. Which means that, Us as people have no predetermined nature or essence that controls what we are, what we do, and what is valuable for us. We are radically free to act independently of determination by outside influences. We create our own human nature through these free choices and we also create are values through these choices. So in the existentialist view we are thrown into existence first without a predetermined nature and only later do we construct our nature or essence through our actions. Existentialism has good points but it lacks the point in human nature that people sometimes need guidance to pursue their goal. Too much freedom can cause people to be confused with how to achieve things in life based on just their free choices.

Do you think people can survive without any type guidance?

In Response to one of Karla's questions...

Her post was all about dreams and how they are..She asked the question, "How do you know that your dreams are infant wishes and not something else?"

First off, I don't think that all dreams are based off repressed infant wishes. There are more to dreams than that. Dreams are also based off one's desire's, goals, and memories. I think that there maybe some dreams that are based off repressed infant wishes but I know dreams or at least my dreams come from other things based on what the dreams are about. I have dreams that take place in the past and past things take place in the present this is because the memories I have from my past years are still in my mind and just because I can't remeber all of them doesn't mean they're not still in my mind. I also have dreams about things that happen with people I met today and goals I want as an adult. So therefore, due to all these instances, I believe that dreams are not just based off infant wishes.

Do you think some how that dreams are based on one's past life as well?

Dreams.

This week, the class had to read about a debate about the nature of dreams and how they work. This was very interesting because it deals with Freud's theory about the unconscious. It was explained that dreams are imagined actions that do not happen in reality. When people go to sleep, the action drive doesn't end, it can be just as real as the waking life. I read that when people go to sleep the ego is weakened and the id is more present which deals with the unconscious where dreams can take place. Dreams are still a mystery to me. Even with all the facts I have read in the debate, it's still really hard for me to figure out dreams and how they work. I think that dreams are based on what the person wants and desires and also deals with memories. I believe that when we go to sleep part of our soul is locked in our mind which is why we can still feel things and emotions in our dreams. I also believe that anything is possible in a dream because it's not reality which sounds really nice because the reality can be dull most times. I find that dreams are a good way of escaping reality.

Do you think it would be nice to turn your dreams into reality sometimes?

In response to one of Nicole's questions...

In one of her blogs, she was talking about how bad and strong emotions get the best of us. Her question was "Is it a bad thing to let our emotions get the best of us in situations?"

This answer can go either way depending on what situations one is in. In my opinion it is a bad thing to let our emotions get the best of us because it causes us to be careless and make riskful irresponsable choices. Sometimes people get violent and that always ends bad only if you're not caught but that's rare in most cases. When us as people let emotions get the best of us it causes people to do things that they do not normally do and there usually bad actions. People usually change they way they are for a lenghth of time but sometimes when someone changes they never change back to themselves. Emotions carry a strong impact on how people behave so when people let their emotions get the best of them then it usually results in a negative effect that causes chaos and or violence.

If our world was emotion free, then do you think that there would be so much problems among people?

Freud's Theoy and Sexuality

During the class week of March 29th, we were having discussions on Freud's theory of the unconscious and how sexuality is a major motivation. This is a very interesting predictament because I wouldn't think that sexuality would have a strong impact on the people's motivations especially with the unconscious state of mind. Freud's theory had a few major points, the id, ego, and super ego which is all part of the mind whether conscious or unconscious. During people's lives at different times in their lives the sexual motivations from the unconscious start as infants and grow stronger until they reach adulthood. He explains that sexuality is a major motivation on people's actions and behaviors due to the parts of the mind. I believe that sexuality is an important part of a human's life but I do not think that it has the strongest motivation on people. There are other more important things out there that motivate people such as jobs, careers, money, and memorable places as well as other important things as well that keeps people going.

Why did Freud think that sexuality was the most important motivation on people, do you think this is so?