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Video shows ‘Dark Knight’ massacre suspect Holmes talking about illusions that can change the past
NY Daily News ^ | 7/22/2012 | Anthony Bartkewicz

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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1 posted on 07/22/2012 6:15:08 PM PDT by Selene
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To: Selene

Early stages of schizophrenia?


2 posted on 07/22/2012 6:17:24 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Poor Barack.If He's Reelected,Think Of The Mess He'll Inherit!)
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To: Selene

Holmes sounds like he’s about as nutty as Loughner is. They go to college and end up becoming incoherent pscyhobabblers.


3 posted on 07/22/2012 6:20:26 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Without the Second Amendment, the other twenty-six will cease to exist.)
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To: Selene

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.


4 posted on 07/22/2012 6:23:19 PM PDT by Aliska
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To: Selene
Wasn't Jared Loughner obsessed with dreams as well?

Kids today in general seem to have trouble distinguishing reality from fantasy.

5 posted on 07/22/2012 6:28:30 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: Gay State Conservative

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


6 posted on 07/22/2012 6:29:37 PM PDT by Selene
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Too many professors think that screwing with kids’ heads equates to “education”.


7 posted on 07/22/2012 6:29:54 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: Selene

He sounds like Col Walter Kurtz in Apocalypse Now!!


8 posted on 07/22/2012 6:30:37 PM PDT by DarthVader (Politicians govern out of self interest, Statesmen govern for a Vision greater than themselves)
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To: Selene

Was fond of strategy games, huh? I bet he was.


9 posted on 07/22/2012 6:34:20 PM PDT by Dysart (Race card is tyranny. Don't be cowed.)
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To: BenLurkin
Wasn't Jared Loughner obsessed with dreams as well?

Yes. From the FR archive:

Did "Conscious Dreaming" Cause a Psychotic Break? ("Conscience dreams were a great study" -Loughner)

10 posted on 07/22/2012 6:37:38 PM PDT by matt1234 (Bring back the HUAC.)
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To: BenLurkin
Kids today in general seem to have trouble distinguishing reality from fantasy.

Yup. And I'm guessing Holmes' propensity for a rich fantasy life will serve him well in solitary.

11 posted on 07/22/2012 6:37:57 PM PDT by Dysart (Race card is tyranny. Don't be cowed.)
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To: BenLurkin

“professors...screwing with kids’ heads”

Temporal illusions - doesn’t that involve hypnosis?


12 posted on 07/22/2012 6:42:54 PM PDT by Selene
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To: Selene

Sick of this guy- give him his punishment already
and be done it.


13 posted on 07/22/2012 6:46:45 PM PDT by funfan
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To: Selene

Sick of this guy- give him his punishment already
and be done with it.


14 posted on 07/22/2012 6:47:45 PM PDT by funfan
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To: BenLurkin
Kids today in general seem to have trouble distinguishing reality from fantasy.

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.

15 posted on 07/22/2012 6:48:57 PM PDT by Meet the New Boss
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To: Selene
they can find this, but not his political party affiliation...
16 posted on 07/22/2012 6:50:22 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Gay State Conservative; FlingWingFlyer

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.


17 posted on 07/22/2012 7:04:01 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX ( The state is the great fiction by which everybody seeks to live at the expense of everybody else. ~)
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To: Pining_4_TX

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.


18 posted on 07/22/2012 7:08:54 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Without the Second Amendment, the other twenty-six will cease to exist.)
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To: BenLurkin
Kids today in general seem to have trouble distinguishing reality from fantasy.

Do you really think these two psychos represent mine and fellow FReepers' children?

Really?

19 posted on 07/22/2012 7:12:45 PM PDT by Eaker (When somebody hands you your arse, don't give it back saying "This needs a little more tenderizing.")
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To: funfan
Sick of this guy- give him his punishment already and be done it.

I'm with you, having no desire to plumb the depths of this ahole's insanity.
20 posted on 07/22/2012 7:40:54 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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