Being As A Function

To start, a function is anything that you can input something into that produces an output.

Mathematically:
f(x) = y, where f() is the function, x is the input, and y is the output.

Now let’s use this formula to describe the being. A perspective of being is that we are something that takes in information around us and then translates that into what we perceive as reality. Our existence is basically that of a function:
“x” is the information we collect
“f()” is the logic used to translate it
” y” is the new info gathered from our perspective

Now let’s apply this same structure to the model of the id, ego, and super-ego. This will try to explain how our perspective of the universe creates unique realities

x is the id
f() is the ego
y is the super-ego

The id is described as the base desires, feelings, and impulses. In the function model, it’s basically just all the information that is collected/inputed in the function . They’re instinctual because we either collect info or we don’t. Either “x” is input into the function or it isn’t.

The super-ego would be the “y” value. It is the critical analysis of information experienced by the id “x” that has been translated the ego “f()”.

How we respond to the information, however, can be changed. The ego would be the actual “function” part of the function model. When presented with information, it must translate it by using their logic of reality and how it relates to other information.

As we grow, our function machine for reality changes, so that’s how the same information or “x” value can result in different outcomes/responses/perception or “y” values.