6-14-2010

The cognitive effects of MS are not something I expected. It wasn't something I had heard much about as I have been developing this condition. There has been lots of literature available at the MS clinic I have been going to, and the pharmaceutical companies send tons of information to anyone being treated for the disease,
I feel like I am finally able to realize the implications of the arguments put fourth by Descartes. With actual deterioration of both sensory and motor nerves, my ability to distinguish the difference between conscious thought and dreams is real and palpable! At least I think it is!
I did some work for a company that sold esoteric electronics to universities, medical, and military institutions for some years. One of our customers was the Naval Research Laboratory.
I used to laugh to myself as I thought about the book I had read titled "Wittgenstein’s Poker", a true story about a group of famous philosophers known as the Vienna Circle. They had all witnessed the events of an evening they spent together during which there were some heated arguments. Later they each wrote their individual account of what transpired.
Amazingly, no two of the group remembered the what transpired in the same way, and some even outright contradicted others' recollections!
As I said, this piece of literature, I started to refer to as the "Navel Research Laboratory".