The Unconscious
Being a very concrete and realistic person makes accepting subjective data very hard for me. Behavioral therapy is probably my most favorite because of the objectivism and empirical evidence that can be drawn from it. But at the same time, the unconscious aspect of the mind intrigues me greatly. I also find techniques that attempt to tap into and evaluate the unconscious very interesting. I greatly enjoy reading about and trying to understand techniques such as hypnosis, dream analysis, free association, and even ink blot tests. It makes me think of the old saying, “We only use 10% of our brains.” Although this statement is widely disregarded by the scientific community, I think that it sheds light onto the vast and relatively unexplored unconscious. I think that Freud and his followers did a great job of raising awareness and attempting to explain this unconscious portion of the mind. I think that as technology advances and our understanding of the mind becomes more complete, that we will see some astonishing progress in this area. I for one would love to see more of these techniques that are supported by sufficient objective facts. I am interested in whether or not you guys think that objective data will ever be able to measure the dynamics of the unconscious.