[lit-ideas] Re: The torture graph
- From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 18:50:02 EDT
The "medical term" pulls up some interesting stuff on Google .... (is the
psych use the "medical" definition you had in mind?):
"syn·ton·ic (http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/pron/S0971450.wav) _Listen:_
(http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/pron/S0971450.wav) [ sn-tnk ]
adj.
1. Psychology Characterized by a high degree of emotional
responsiveness to the environment.
2. Electricity Of or relating to two oscillating circuits having the
same resonant frequency. "
Then there's this (which if I can kick my brain into gear long enough to
read it with comprehension should be fairly fascinating):
_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntonic_comma_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntonic_comma)
<<The syntonic comma, also known as the comma of _Didymus_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didymus_the_Musician) or _Ptolemaic_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy) comma, is a small _interval_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_(music)) between two _musical_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music)
notes, equal to the frequency ratio 81:80, or around 21.51 _cents_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cent_(music)) .
It is the difference between four _justly_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_intonation) tuned _perfect fifths_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_fifth) , and two _octaves_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octave) plus a justly
tuned _major third_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_third) . A just
perfect fifth has its notes in the _frequency_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency) ratio _3:2_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesquialterum) , which is
equal to 701.955 cents, and four of them are equal to 2807.82 cents. A just
major third has its notes in the frequency ratio _5:4_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesquiquartum) , which is equal to 386.31 cents,
and one of them plus two
octaves is equal to 2786.31 cents. The difference between these is 21.51, a
syntonic comma.
This difference is significant because on a _piano_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano) keyboard, four fifths is equal to two
octaves plus a major
third. Starting from a C, both combinations of intervals will end up at E. The
fact that using justly tuned intervals yields two slightly different notes is
one of the reasons compromises have to be made when deciding which system of
_musical tuning_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_tuning) to use for an
instrument. _Pythagorean tuning_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_tuning) tunes the fifths as exact
3:2s, but uses the relatively complex ratio of
81:64 for major thirds. _quarter-comma meantone_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter-comma_meantone) , on the other hand, uses
exact 5:4s for major
thirds, but flattens each of the fifths by a quarter of a syntonic comma.
Other
systems use different compromises.
In _just intonation_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_intonation) using
prime factors up to 5, the syntonic comma is the ratio between the major tone
of 9:8 and the minor tone of 10:9 (so is 81:80). In _meantone temperaments_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meantone_temperament) , the major and minor tones
are made equal. In Pythagorean tuning, the minor tone, is replaced by the
major tone of 9:8. In quarter-comma meantone, the major and minor tones are
made equal to the square root of 5:4.
Another frequently encountered comma is the _Pythagorean comma_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_comma) .>>
and this:
_http://www.syntonicarts.com/_ (http://www.syntonicarts.com/)
Julie Krueger
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Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: The torture graph Date: 4/8/06 5:28:21 P.M. Central
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Julie: You guys are *so* good for my vocabulary...
I was playing fast and loose with a medical term.
The point was bamboozling works both ways.
Believing everything the government says, and not
believing anything the government says...the same
thing.
For all we know, this could be a case of "The
NeoCon who cried Wolf!" Maybe we should have kept
our powder dry for Iran? Many people did ask, "Why
invade Iraq? Isn't Iran the real threat?"
_____________________
Ego-Syntonic - The opposite of ego-dystonic,
this term refers to behavior or mental acts, such
as thoughts, feelings, and desires, which are seen
as acceptable to the aims of the ego and the
related psychological needs of the individual. The
individual usually fails to see this behavior as a
problem and simply considers it as part of their
identity.
http://www.sparknotes.com/psychology/abnormal/personality/terms.html
Ego-syntonic object manipulation: the formation of
a submissive relationship.
Eckstaedt A.
Denial, acting on both the inner and external
world, relies on further defence mechanisms in the
form of object manipulations aimed at changing
reality to make it fit the denying person's inner
needs. If the object's ego is not strong enough to
resist these manipulations, it is pressured into a
submissive relationship. By means of seduction or
its opposite, intimidation and the use of threats,
the object is made to believe the content of the
denying persons's inner or external world. The
result is a mutually intrusive and reciprocal
relationship in which the roles of victim and
perpetrator alternate. This is the case when
children are not allowed to acquire their own
experiences during the process of transition from
symbiosis to separation. Constant exposure to
irritation leads to a regression of the ego, to
the illusion that everything is possible in the
'we'. Object relations in adult life are then
based on a parasitic need for the object in order
to realize inner goals. In analysis this is
manifested as symbiotic omnipotence, posing a
'serious stumbling block' to the analytic process,
which may take the form of an 'as-if' analysis.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids
=2793328&dopt=Abstract
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