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<blockquote data-quote="Jack7" data-source="post: 5202202" data-attributes="member: 54707">Interesting. I can certainly see how the associations developed over time.Are you familiar with the old training adage that it's easier to train a moderately intelligent dog than a really intelligent dog? What I mean by this is that the moderately or far less intelligent dog simply waits for cues, he doesn't try and anticipate environmental or training conditions. He just takes things and cues as they are, not making many assumptions. His &quot;association line is straight,&quot; and direct. The more intelligent dog, because he is more intelligent, is trying to figure out what will come next and gets overloaded with possibilities. His associational cues &quot;branch out&quot; in all directions. He's smarter, but also harder to train and retrain because he is constantly attempting to use his greater powers and capabilities to anticipate possibilities, regardless of whether those possibilities reflect actual reality, or not. He sees associations and cues in everything, regardless of whether those associations are necessarily meaningful, or not. plus he often associates multiple meanings to the same event or cue or situation.Now I'm in no way comparing you to a dog, nor am I saying the internet is the place for meaningful mental, behavioral, psychological, or spiritual analysis of anyone, especially someone you don't really know.But I give the smart dog example just as something to think about. Is your talk therapy helping any by the way?Well, I gotta go in a few minutes.Again Good Luck and Godspeed to ya.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jack7, post: 5202202, member: 54707"] Interesting. I can certainly see how the associations developed over time. Are you familiar with the old training adage that it's easier to train a moderately intelligent dog than a really intelligent dog? What I mean by this is that the moderately or far less intelligent dog simply waits for cues, he doesn't try and anticipate environmental or training conditions. He just takes things and cues as they are, not making many assumptions. His "association line is straight," and direct. The more intelligent dog, because he is more intelligent, is trying to figure out what will come next and gets overloaded with possibilities. His associational cues "branch out" in all directions. He's smarter, but also harder to train and retrain because he is constantly attempting to use his greater powers and capabilities to anticipate possibilities, regardless of whether those possibilities reflect actual reality, or not. He sees associations and cues in everything, regardless of whether those associations are necessarily meaningful, or not. plus he often associates multiple meanings to the same event or cue or situation. Now I'm in no way comparing you to a dog, nor am I saying the internet is the place for meaningful mental, behavioral, psychological, or spiritual analysis of anyone, especially someone you don't really know. But I give the smart dog example just as something to think about. Is your talk therapy helping any by the way? Well, I gotta go in a few minutes. Again Good Luck and Godspeed to ya. [/QUOTE]

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