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Can vouch for that. Ive always been of two minds on any given subject
Its what I tell people are the voices in my head
OK but what is a "conscience entity"
Nah those other assholes won't ever shut the fuck up.
I think this has been proven, kinda.
Alien hand syndrome makes me believe this. Usually occurs when something traumatic happens to the brain. The way it's described seems like the dominant consciousness losing control of that motor function to the lesser consciousness.
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Split brain experiment
We are all a little crazy on this blessed day
Well can't say they are wrong pretty sure my body is against what I think especially when it comes to health :))
Well they're usually connected with nerves so more like 1 brain.
But if you cut the corpus callosum of the brain in half, it's possible to have two operating systems that conflict with each other in actions in the body.
if I cut my dick down the middle I dont suddenly have 2 dicks bro
I mean, sure. But your dick isn't your brain. No matter how much you allow it to dictate your actions.
Dual consciousness is not exactly proven though, so idk what to think. Hope researchers shed more light down the road
I will always held belief that we are part of the spiritual greater universe and our brains are antennas for the consciousness. At the same time I won’t allow this belief to interfere with my daily logic and scientific pursuits.
It’s way more fun to have some nice private things you are contemplating as you enjoy the various psychedelics.
I, too, did a heroic dose of mushrooms once
The vibe when you pay monthly tribute to your landed lord. 👌
There is the idea that it'd be easier for the universe to spontaneously create a single consciousness that knows and experiences everything and thinks they are you rather than creating a big bang that naturally leads to beings with consciences such as you.
That is such a weird way of putting it I believe its more the single consciousness wants to like experience because knowing everything is like pointless so it fragmentes into these piece of its conscienceness and we populate the universe experiencing. Maybe different theories but also not my theory lol
Yeah I read a theory like that, something along the lines of you could not actually have existed until .3s ago but you were created with all of your current memories and experiences
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IIRC the "other consciousness" is the internal monologue or internal visualization you experience when thinking
There's a potentially related theory too that the origin of religion is internal narrator thinkers having perceived the internal narrator as a second entity who was issuing them commands and beliefs rather than their own internal dialogue.
These people would claim to be "prophets" and basically evangelize whatever presence they ascribed responsibility for the internal narrator to. Leading to more people believing their internal narrators are also these divine forces speaking to them.
Not to dunk on rural americans, but a phenomena like this could also explain the recent evangelical movement in the US considering how much emphasis is placed on the personal relationship and communication with God, these people might actually just not realize their own thoughts and ascribe all thought process as the voice of the big man himself.
I read... Something once and they suggested the past we may have collectively possessed a more direct relationship with rekigi9n like you're talking about. That for some reason or another we don't tend to "hear the voice of hod" like we once did. Out relationship with our internal self had changed. Maybe it was bred out by our tendency to kill the religious folks who disagree the most with whatever the dumpster jour religion at the time is.
Lived in SE USA most of my life...the majority of the most ridiculous fundamentalists don't have an inner monologue. They speak but there is nothing going on upstairs except life processes.
The way they cling to ideas from others explains why they cling so tightly...they never had one of their own.
Because of this phenomenal outlook they typically adhere to the first idea that comes around and dismiss everything else as false.
Critical thinking is not applicable to everyone.
Absence of an inner monologue does not mean that there is no thought process. I’ve done just fine without one myself. Can’t speak to whatever is plaguing the fundamentalists apart from indoctrination and being steeped in an oppressive culture that’s been fostered over generations.
I have a coworker who I discovered a few weeks ago had no idea internal monologues were a thing. I had to explain that it's a real documented phenomena and that it's actually a minority of people that don't have one. She's pretty damn smart, too. I also play D&D with a guy who has aphantasia. He's also pretty damn smart and you would have no idea he was incapable of visualizing things if he didn't tell you. Him casually mentioning it in conversation surprised people who had known him for years. So, yeah, absolutely no correlation between intelligence and how your thoughts may or may not produce phantom sensory input.
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Grandpa gave me some advice...
"Think before you speak. If you think while you're speaking, then you've already failed."
Thanks Gpa...wise words.
Makes you wonder what happens to a person who now accepts the voices in their head as divine mandate...
*origin of prophets as they are understood today
The first religions were generally flavors of animism.
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Basically only for people with an internal monologue. Stupid-ass meme.