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    Any author in social psychology, and there are many, could go into the blanks. I read original Freud: The Ego and the Id; Civilization and Its Discontents. I read the paper by Maslow concerning the description of needs. Freud is more insightful. Why? He begins at the origin with the helpless newborn ego. Maslow's theory should be revised to assert that newborn human ego needs are inherently social needs. I discovered the early life needs after my sociology teacher in high school said, "Humans learn animals have instincts." Fish eggs hatch in 10s of 1000s with no parents. Mammal ego is social. Commented Apr 27, 2024 at 16:12
  • I like to do that... imagining a human baby, born on an island that luckily has no threats/risks, and luckily somehow without other humans, supplies all the babies physical needs... thinking what opinion it would have about things... the blank slate. Verus a baby brought up in society. Commented Apr 27, 2024 at 16:21
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    Dramatic artists express such thought experiments. I don't regard Freud as a scientist, nor social psychology as an empirical science, I regard it as introspection of myself and my analysis of patterns of drama. This is a very enriching way to live but I detest the fools who want to imitate scientists in their drama rather than to say that we must experience drama to understand and discuss the experience of drama. I used to stand in a bar in a Zen posture. My friend called this: Tarzan standing on a rock. As a teen I wanted to be like Tarzan (but not baby Tarzan): youtu.be/_h2wd9RcexA. Commented Apr 27, 2024 at 16:29
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    I don't want to engage in extended discussion. The sounds made by babies may be the most economical or typical for the human organism. But they form in a social context as the experience and expression of biological drives for social interaction with the innate or instinctual capacity to develop language. In Trademark law there are descriptive names, suggestive names, and arbitrary and fanciful names. XEROX, for example, is a meaningless name that aquires "secondary meaning" via use in association with goods for sale in the markets. Man lives by every word from the mouth of God starting w/Mom. Commented Apr 27, 2024 at 17:12
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    If you read any book, ever, read Caste. Commented Mar 5, 2025 at 12:18