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Right; if we want to compare it to ourselves, maybe the various minds that control our impulses. We can hold a knife over our finger with our high level cogniti
by dclowd9901 9y ago
Right; if we want to compare it to ourselves, maybe the various minds that control our impulses. We can hold a knife over our finger with our high level cognitive mind, but (hopefully) our low level brain will prevent us from bringing it down and chopping our finger off, even if we _really really_ wanted to do it.
I know that's sort of a weird example, but I think it's really illustrative of a dual/multiple mind scenario playing out in our own understanding.
- blensor 9y agoOr reflex. We act on an input on a lower cognitive level first before a higher level function even has the chance to intervene. If someone is throwing a ball at my face, my body hopefully reacts before my higher level functions had the chance to evaluate if the ball will really hit the face and if I may look silly if I wave my hands in the air while no actual danger exists. Because it actually IS on a trajectory to my face the benefit far outweigh the risk of looking silly