DUMB

 

Last week Linda and I went out to dinner.We sat outside waiting to be served.I noticed  that there was a sign on the door that said for one individual of the party to come into the restaurant for service. Sitting outside, I noticed that most of the people that came to the restaurant  for dinner wore masks. After a few minutes, a young man approached to take our order. I asked him if he had been boosted? He said no. I said please send someone else to the table.In thinking about the unvaccinated, I hypothesized and have established a syndrome for  cognitive disease. I’m calling this  syndrome DUMB  by using an acronym . This disquisition  details  the syndrome of  DUMB.

A disease is a series of symptoms that indicate an abnormal state suggesting a harmful deviation. In other words,If the Individual is in a  dysfunctional Yin and Yang state, disease is present.Employing the syndrome, the D  refers to disturbance, decay and disease, the U  refers to an  underlying condition,the M refers to memory Impairment and the B refers to the blockage, non-retrieval of subject matter and  vascular impediments In the Brain.  DUMB is a diseased  pathological cognitive state

 Psychodynamically Sigmund Freud hypothesized the id, ego and superego as components of the mind. For Freud, the ego was about reality while navigating all the difficulties that take place for an individual.The task of the ego was to be able to control and modify  impulses, desires, irrationality, primitive thinking and not be at their mercy. A reality-functioning ego was called ego strength.  Newton, Mozart , Einstein, Salk etc.  had ego strength. A weak ego has difficulty with reality, impulsiveness, primitive thinking, suspiciousness, extreme narcissism, disease and extensive reliance on defense mechanisms.

The superego for Freud was established and explained the formation of conscience and ability to incorporate rules, regulations and mores of society. The superego distinguishes right from wrong; ethical from unethical; morality from amorality. A well-functioning  superego was established and associated with individuals that have a humanistic morality being. They are concerned with love, empathy, respect, giving and contributing to others. They are not about limited egoism and selfishness  but about  benefiting society as a whole. Individuals like  Jesus, Buddha, Marx, Schweitzer, Mother Theresa, Mahatma Gandhi and Eleanor Roosevelt  come to mind. A malignant superego is associated with authoritarian individuals that are against others, prejudiced, racist exploitive, discriminatory, amorality or sinful. Individuals like  Nero, Stalin,  Himmler and  Hitler fit the bill.  A malignant superego is a diseased psychological state.

More recently,  ego refers to the executive functioning of the mind. Executive functioning refers to  thinking ,perceiving, planning , working memory ,self-monitoring, self-control  and organization. The superego refers to development of conscience which includes ethics and moral reasoning and behavior.As a consequence,When the ego and superego are not in sync with reality and morality , they display an interference of  Yin  and Yang . This is the D which is disturbance and decay .

Neurologically, we are referring to the cerebral cortex and hippocampus,inside the New Brain. With health, there is a building of  cells, dendrites and axons. With disease, there is a loss  and death of cells interfering with the dendrites, axons and decreased blood flow or vascular  blockage .Additionally , there’s levels of acetylcholine  interference , a  particular neurotransmitter that  affects cerebral function.This particular neurotransmitter becomes depleted , further affecting neuron communication and functioning. As a result,  we have  D U. The D represents brain disease and the U refers to the underlying brain functioning  hidden from  the individual.

For M, we refer to memory. We receive incoming information or sensory input. Some of which we attend to and some of which we do not attend to. Then, we have a working  memory. Some of that information we either remember or forget . Then finally, we have long-term memory where we have the ability to retrieve information or forget. Briefly, memory is the process of acquisition  ,storage and retrieval . Memory is central and extremely important  to most if not all of our cognitive and emotional functions. We rely on memory for our past, present and especially the future. Memories are supposed to help us learn by managing and storing Information in our brain and teach  us so we don’t repeat our mistakes again and again. For good , bad, right  or wrong we become our memories.

For example,  we have what’s called a declarative memory. A declarative memory is for facts and events  such as remembering dates, historical facts, telephone numbers and names of people that you know. The hippocampus  plays a critical role in converting and storing these memories in the areas of our cortex. Moreover, Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of our Constitution’’s; he allowed people with dark melanin skin  to be referred to as 3/5 of a white person with an fugitive slave clause; bedded and had children with Sally Hemmings  one of his  slaves; he took out a mortgage on his slaves to raise money to build Monticello  . Donald Trump  failed to receive the popular vote majority against Both Hillary and Joe. Trump lied  about both of the election returns. Trump attempted to fraudulently overturn the election as evidenced by the January 6, 2020  attack on the capital that was certifying the vote for Joe. Trump ran a fraudulent college and a fraudulent foundation. Trump was impeached twice and currently is being investigated civilly and criminally as the result of  his amoral and illegal practices.

Other examples of cell death related to memory impairment include aphasia which is receptive language impairment ; visual and auditory comprehension deficits; decreased word finding;  vague statements and impaired abstract conceptual thinking or concrete reasoning .Impaired abstract and conceptual thinking refers to the Inability cognitively  to understand, compare and contrast authoritarianism,democracy , rule of law, scientific health principles  etc. These memory impairments  result in cell death affecting the hippocampus and limbic areas that have been selectively destroyed by vascular blockage disease. In essence  we have the syndrome of B, a blockage  within the Brain affecting cognitive health- or DUMB.

With DUMB  disease in cognitive functioning ,we have an absence of truth, wisdom, objectivity,thinking and reasoning.Additionally we have malignant narcissism, disregard for the other with an amoral superego. Let’s apply  adequate  executive functioning to Covid-19 .A majority of people have been  vaccinated with either the  Pfizer,  Maderna or Janssen  Covid-19 vaccine. 

The  statistics for the unvaccinated demonstrate that they are more vulnerable, contagious for  catching, spreading and dying from this disease. Despite that fact, some responses for not getting vaccinated are as follows: 1. I’m healthy 2. The vaccine is not safe 3. I know people who have been vaccinated and still got the disease 4. It’s no worse than the flu 5. TV, radio and political individuals dispute the seriousness of this disease 6. I can take  ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, Inhale bleach, gargle with salt water etc. 7. Herd immunity is going to protect me as I’ve already been infected. 8. CDC has given conflicting information 10. Doctors don’t know anything. There are many unproven methods against contracting this virus  as indicated on social media, radio or TV. Sigmund Freud  referred to these foolish  and irrational responses as rationalizations and denial . Rationalization and denial suggests blockage, Interference and ineffective executive ego functioning or DUMB.

The CDC  has provided guidelines based on research from patients who have a Covid-19 diagnosis. With additional research findings, information  tends to change.Gathering more information about this deadly disease makes sense. These statistics and guidelines are based on  scientific principles. Scientific principle begins with a hypothesis; definition of terms; identification of variables;  collection of subject data; appropriate statistics measuring the analysis of variance; reporting findings; peer review of the findings and then recommendations based on findings.

This likely means that the population studied consisted of hospitalized patients with a diagnosis of Covid –19. The researchers  could look at the number of individuals in the hospital; those that have received the vaccine; those that have not received the vaccine; and the number that have died from the disease or virus. Statistically, they might’ve compared the difference between those dead vaccinated and those who stand unvaccinated. They could’ve used a 95% confidence level that means they would be 95% sure of differences in the results. It’s like  going over a bridge that’s 95% sure to hold your weight. There is a probability  that the bridge might collapse because it’s only 95% safe. Like in science, nothing is 100% except death.

Employing the  scientific method suggests that thinking, reasoning, abstract evaluation, modes of research design, appropriate statistical analysis, not overgeneralizing about the results; observation, perception; clear definition  of terms, building on previous research , expertise about the subject matter and pursuing truth or reality. Therefore  executive ego thinking is predominant. On the other hand, relying on misinformation and calling that research is pure nonsense. Personalities and their agendas are not expert in this particular field. Credible Individuals are those that are able to provide research, diagnosis and treat infectious diseases, immune related illnesses and allergies. Listening and following their expert opinion makes sense . Of course with the DUMB brain disease, these individuals are like talking to the wall. They claim to be open-minded but have their minds made up prior to discussion as Linda’s  primary doctor recently reported to us.They do not have the capacity for executive thinking.Unfortunately, they are able to follow and believe in irrationality, nonsense and stupidity.This is called  DUMB which is  Decay, Disease  resulting and Underlying the Blockage.of Memory In the Brain. In other words, Dumb is a syndrome and a cognitive state in which the retrieval  of Memory  is Blocked from consciousness as a result of Disturbance and Decay of the ego, superego, neurons, hippocampus, acetylcholine, within the prefrontal cortex of the brain resulting in a cognitive Disease.