This was originally posted on Facebook by Latex G.N.R. Space-Coyote.
In Hilgard’s neodissociation theory (Hilgard, 1994), during hypnosis, it is proposed that there is a division of consciousness, one of mental activity and another accompanying an awareness of phenomena. It could be said that invitation for divine manifestation is where a hypnotic like state allows for the weaving of mental activity and direct sensory awareness. Perhaps, a highly trained central executive function disassociates the activities of Baddely and Hitch’s (1974) Working Memory Model; this seems apt in application to autotelic behavior.
It may be possible that the central executive’s skill in autotelicism and this neodissociation may be correlated to increases in operant conditioning of martial practices. The question most martial artists would ask, refactored into science, would be: what is the independent variable driving autotelicism to an extent that practitioners accelerate quickly in learning as measured by an approach toward near-instantaneous adaptive creativity of a dependent variable of martial quality. It is this acceleration, rather than velocity, that appears as a kind of divined behavior, where general observers are more ready to recognize qualities of work products, or lack thereof (i.e., velocity), and yet may be less recognizing of changes in productive quality (i.e., acceleration/deceleration) across numerous measures though it be subconsciously held, in awe. This inability to consciously acknowledge rapid acceleration may be a result of functional fixedness in addressing <singular|n> deficiencies (e.g., functional fixedness; exemplar overshadowing; serial position effects and threat saliencies conscious or unconscious favoring the most salient forms), repressed awe due to hyper-competitiveness, or generalized neurosis/psychosis, whereas skilled instructors, practitioners, and professors address the attention toward resolution of the very obstacles aforementioned constrain field-groking <<retention|reproduction>|motivation> to borrow from Bandura’s Modeling Theory (Bandura, 2017).
Additional Commentary
After re-reading the notes as research memos, and resorting. It seems highly likely that densified theoretical discussion here lacking particles of speech and grammar making it “easier” to read, may be the result of -phenomena described by the Iron Law of Prohibition (Cowan, 1986). Here, theoretical/intellectual autotelic engagement by an autistic code switching and masking in environs threatening or perceived to threaten said theoretical/intellectual autotelic engagement. Essentially the threat of sanctions (e.g., verbal, physical, bullying) densified these behaviors to compress them into smaller spans of time within which to “hide” or “conceal” intellectual behaviors, thus resulting in increased potencies. This most likely is the Iron Law of Prohibition at work.
A Note of Appreciation
This is shared in honor of 10 AM sessions at Aikido Shobukan Dojo during residency, namely Chris Royal, Alonzo Crawford, Steven Schneid, and Patty Saotome Sensei. Their academic backgrounds have been a continuing inspiration.
References
Baddeley, A. D., & Hitch, G. (1974). Working memory. In Psychology of learning and motivation (Vol. 8, pp. 47-89). Academic press.
Bandura, A. (Ed.) (2017). Psychological Modeling: Conflicting Theories. Transaction Publishers.
Cowan, R. (1986). The iron law of prohibition. Journal of Law and Economics, 29(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1086/466382
Hilgard, E. R. (1994). Neodissociation theory. In S. J. Lynn & J. W. Rhue (Eds.), Dissociation: Clinical and theoretical perspectives (p. 32–51). Guilford Press.
Change Modification Log
03 MAR 26 - Corrected independent to dependent variable in opening; corrected author; reordered an APA citation for correctness; corrected some inconsistencies. May be hard to read for most audiences, but its intended audience are theorists and applied theorists, and this easily unpacks to LLMs as it is highly densified (i.e., packing problem solved).