Posted on 07/22/2012 6:15:04 PM PDT by Selene
James Holmes addressed his peers at Miramar College in San Diego when he was 18, discussing 'subjective experience.' He said his dream was to own a slurpee machine.
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Early stages of schizophrenia?
Holmes sounds like he’s about as nutty as Loughner is. They go to college and end up becoming incoherent pscyhobabblers.
He mentions a mentor in one of the news stories. It is important to identify that mentor, if real. I wish I could point readers to the specific item. So many out there now.
Kids today in general seem to have trouble distinguishing reality from fantasy.
He seems somewhat normal, but the topic is out there
From the slide James Holmes speaking at science camp
Computational Neurobiology Lab
Dr. Terrance Sejnowski
Mentor John Jacobson
Temporal Illusions
Mentors works studies subjective experience which is what takes place inside the mind as opposed to the external world
Slide:
Grapheme Perception
-letter identification
Sujective Experience
Too many professors think that screwing with kids’ heads equates to “education”.
He sounds like Col Walter Kurtz in Apocalypse Now!!
Was fond of strategy games, huh? I bet he was.
Yes. From the FR archive:
Did "Conscious Dreaming" Cause a Psychotic Break? ("Conscience dreams were a great study" -Loughner)
Yup. And I'm guessing Holmes' propensity for a rich fantasy life will serve him well in solitary.
“professors...screwing with kids heads”
Temporal illusions - doesn’t that involve hypnosis?
Sick of this guy- give him his punishment already
and be done it.
Sick of this guy- give him his punishment already
and be done with it.
Many kids' lives are dominated by projected images on television, movies, video games, computers and smart phones.
Over time technology has allowed the images to be made more intense and impactful upon the consciousness.
I wonder what percent of the average kid's life is spent interacting with real people and situations around them versus having their attention occupied with images.
I don’t care if he is crazier than an outhouse rat - hang him in a public execution. That might discourage future nutcases from pursuing their dreams of immortality at the expense of others. If he’s sane enough to plan this crime, he’s sane enough to pay the penalty for it.
The feds are going to warehouse him like they did Loughner. He’ll be sent into the void and we’ll never hear of him again.
Do you really think these two psychos represent mine and fellow FReepers' children?
Really?
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