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I can't wait to start playing with this. The DNC is a big part of the initial inspiration for how I started modeling and reprogramming my brain! A key differen

I can't wait to start playing with this. The DNC is a big part of the initial inspiration for how I started modeling and reprogramming my brain! A key difference between one of my models for how our brain works and the DNC: there's a mechanism for loading/unloading neural networks into the DNC. Also, the inputs = signals from the brain + body + mind + environment (physical & mental) = the outputs (though some outputs require iteratively applying the inputs a good bit before manifesting).

trendia 10y ago
> I started modeling and reprogramming my brain! How did you model and reprogram your brain?
- NegatioN 10y ago
  Seems like we got a time traveler on our hands.
  - crawfordcomeaux 10y ago
    If very intentionally programming our brains becomes a social norm in the future, which I believe it will, then I've got no problem with this characterization.
- crawfordcomeaux 10y ago
  I've developed a systematic framework for generating practices to change how my body, mind, and brain work. I haven't figured out a way to explain it in simple terms, but working toward it. EDIT: Here are some basic thoughts... Everything we experience flows through our perceptual sets (composites of relevant emotions, beliefs, behavioral strategies, and intentions), which we can intentionally craft over time. Each component in a perceptual set is processed with varying degrees of attention. So to program your brain, the first step is to find a functional base line perceptual set to work from & learn how to direct/focus your attention on the different aspects of your perception. To put it even more simply: go practice all the forms of Buddhism. All I seem to be doing at this point is systematically rediscovering stuff they've known for 2500 years and attempting to put a categorical structure onto it.
  - jbpetersen 10y ago
    Sounds like you may have stumbled into the same ideas behind CBT more or less. It makes sense that they'd crop up in different places and times assuming they work well. I'm certainly no expert on it, but if that's a decent assessment then you may be sitting on some very handy metaphors.
    - crawfordcomeaux 10y ago
      Correct! Some of my practices are specifically known things in CBT. Some of them are specifically known in physical therapy. And some are more related to mindfulness or tantra. I find them incredibly handy & have been rapidly growing in weird ways since New Year's Eve. I realized I can leverage natural cognitive biases for pattern matching to start classifying each moment of my life as meeting some set of fundamental human needs of mine. The skill of choosing one's beliefs (ie. shortening the time it takes for a belief to be internalized) is extremely useful and something we don't really teach in society. It's no wonder we're experiencing such divisive times, especially when we've developed all sorts of systems that fail to preserve human connection.
      - anentropic 10y ago
        > The skill of choosing one's beliefs (ie. shortening the time it takes for a belief to be internalized) is extremely useful and something we don't really teach in society. I don't follow... how is this extremely useful? What is an 'internalized' belief, as opposed to what? ...something you just want to believe but don't quite yet?
        Magnap 10y ago
        I've heard such internalized beliefs described as "aliefs", indicating that they are, in a way, more fundamental. As an example, if you're walking in a dark forest at night, you might rationally believe that noone is hiding there waiting to murder you, but if you don't alieve that the forest is safe, that doesn't stop you from feeling unsettled.
        10y ago
p1esk 10y ago
I started modeling and reprogramming my brain Why do you want to "reprogram" your brain? Something wrong with it?
- crawfordcomeaux 10y ago
  Why would anyone want to refactor anything? There's room for growth & perceived value in said growth.

trendia 10y ago

> I started modeling and reprogramming my brain! How did you model and reprogram your brain?

NegatioN 10y ago
Seems like we got a time traveler on our hands.
- crawfordcomeaux 10y ago
  If very intentionally programming our brains becomes a social norm in the future, which I believe it will, then I've got no problem with this characterization.
crawfordcomeaux 10y ago
I've developed a systematic framework for generating practices to change how my body, mind, and brain work. I haven't figured out a way to explain it in simple terms, but working toward it. EDIT: Here are some basic thoughts... Everything we experience flows through our perceptual sets (composites of relevant emotions, beliefs, behavioral strategies, and intentions), which we can intentionally craft over time. Each component in a perceptual set is processed with varying degrees of attention. So to program your brain, the first step is to find a functional base line perceptual set to work from & learn how to direct/focus your attention on the different aspects of your perception. To put it even more simply: go practice all the forms of Buddhism. All I seem to be doing at this point is systematically rediscovering stuff they've known for 2500 years and attempting to put a categorical structure onto it.
- jbpetersen 10y ago
  Sounds like you may have stumbled into the same ideas behind CBT more or less. It makes sense that they'd crop up in different places and times assuming they work well. I'm certainly no expert on it, but if that's a decent assessment then you may be sitting on some very handy metaphors.
  - crawfordcomeaux 10y ago
    Correct! Some of my practices are specifically known things in CBT. Some of them are specifically known in physical therapy. And some are more related to mindfulness or tantra. I find them incredibly handy & have been rapidly growing in weird ways since New Year's Eve. I realized I can leverage natural cognitive biases for pattern matching to start classifying each moment of my life as meeting some set of fundamental human needs of mine. The skill of choosing one's beliefs (ie. shortening the time it takes for a belief to be internalized) is extremely useful and something we don't really teach in society. It's no wonder we're experiencing such divisive times, especially when we've developed all sorts of systems that fail to preserve human connection.
    - anentropic 10y ago
      > The skill of choosing one's beliefs (ie. shortening the time it takes for a belief to be internalized) is extremely useful and something we don't really teach in society. I don't follow... how is this extremely useful? What is an 'internalized' belief, as opposed to what? ...something you just want to believe but don't quite yet?
      - Magnap 10y ago
        I've heard such internalized beliefs described as "aliefs", indicating that they are, in a way, more fundamental. As an example, if you're walking in a dark forest at night, you might rationally believe that noone is hiding there waiting to murder you, but if you don't alieve that the forest is safe, that doesn't stop you from feeling unsettled.
      - 10y ago

p1esk 10y ago

I started modeling and reprogramming my brain Why do you want to "reprogram" your brain? Something wrong with it?

crawfordcomeaux 10y ago
Why would anyone want to refactor anything? There's room for growth & perceived value in said growth.