"remember that a myth is a metaphor for something unknown at the conscious level.
there is an essential unity in both inanimate and animate nature.
One of the most interesting examples of this recursive meta-pattern at the very small living scale is the evolution of bacteria into mitochondria, the engines in our cells that produce energy.
This is an example of emergence in complex systems."
Richard Ott, Dinergy: the Primordial Meta Pattern in Nature.
" the computer has shown us is that complexity can emerge spontaneously from simple beginnings and simple recurring rules called algorithms.
Stephan Wolfram has a theory called computational equivalence:
the universe has evolved according to simple rules that recur over and over again, as if there were an order in the universe,
building up three-dimensional complexity in the way that a longrunning computer program with the right rule models two-dimensional complexity on computer paper."
"One of the most fascinating discoveries about the brain is that our two hemispheres normally function as complementary opposites through the corpus callosum.
However, if the corpus callosum is divided, that third connecting principle is lost and the hemispheres can actually demonstrate competing interests."
"the God of Job and the God of Jesus
represent the pairs of opposites within the psyche.
They are manifestations of logos and eros, as well as the concepts of anima and animus.
Straight or gay or other, we fall in love with the unknown, the mystery that is unconscious within our psyche, and gender has nothing to do with it."
@holon42 consider my take on Freud's concepts of Id, Ego, and Super Ego. They end up being representative of the three divisions of the brain, the primitive rear brain, the mid brain, and the frontal cortex. Those three get into arguments like Bones, Kirk, and Spock every day.
i do love your association between Freud and Star Trek. the original series was a doorway for me as a teen. the mythological references brought the significance alive.