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Common human behavior is a lot more schizophrenic than any of us are comfortable with understanding. How presumptive. Speak for yourself.
by solipsism 8y ago
Common human behavior is a lot more schizophrenic than any of us are comfortable with understanding.
How presumptive. Speak for yourself.
- akvadrako 8y agoIndeed. I basically consider myself a corporation, with the conscious part playing the role of elected CEO.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y agoI think that's wishful thinking, actually. We like to believe there's a singular being in charge that we can label 'self', but I don't buy it. It seems to me that our minds operate more like a society or, at a higher abstraction, a committee, and it only seems like there's a singular entity in charge because the rationalization portion of our brain does its thing after decisions are made, making it seem as though there were a singular will determining our behavior.
- mpa000 8y agoLike Minsky, who I've been waiting to be referenced in this subject but haven't seen yet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Mind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Mind