From: Noam Chomsky Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2018 4:58 PM To: Subject: Re: Good advice. Will keep it in mind. I guess we're social animals, somehow. Valeria and I saw a very=sad case of it recently. We managed to visit Lula, the world's m=st important political prisoner, locked up right before the election that =e was likely to win in the last stage of the right wing coup that's be=n underway for several years. The charges are derisory. He'=s in solitary confinement, denied any print material, very limited visitin= rights, a TV set fixed to a government channel, and denied the right to m=ke any public statement. 12 year sentence, but with the current neo-=ascist government in place he might succumb to some "mysterious disea=e." Shocking lack of attention to this in the world. <=iv class="gmail_quote"> On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 12:30 PM=J <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> &g=; wrote: i suggest re mediation that it not get bogged down in deta=ls. thats their trick . , stay above t=e fray, ie lets cut the bullshit. and ask harry how much of yo=r money does he believe he deserves. . and that would be=my only sentence repeated over and over. 40.=A0 re conciousness., I have yet to hear a cogent answer =o the question of why putting someone in solitary confinement , has =uch strong mental reactions . moving a plant or chair or compu=er into a closed room has no effect. why do people=hallucinate , talk to themselves. etc. there is almost no work=done on the subject as irb would say no no, and prisons refuse=to allow. . why having no social or at least perce=ved social contact makes people crazy , suicidal etc. .=C24, though im told a tv or radio relieves many of the symptoms. On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 9=24 AM Noam Chomsky < > wrote: Interesting perspective. Pe=haps we can look at it sort of like this. The way our minds w=rk, it develops constructs to try to accommodate our immediate experience =- like table and chairs to accom