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Your comment, along with the article, confirm my biased beliefs that humans are less pattern matching machines than noise filtering machines. Pattern recognitio

by basch 5y ago

Your comment, along with the article, confirm my biased beliefs that humans are less pattern matching machines than noise filtering machines. Pattern recognition is less about connecting dots than it is distinguishing and purging the unconnected. When that process goes awry, and we can’t discern disconnections, things like psychosis arise. Tangentially, it stimulates a connection to another though that sometimes flares up concerning evolution and specialization. > If memories were gained in circumstances that are not wholly relevant to the current environment, forgetting them can be a positive change that improves our wellbeing. If as a species we evolved and specialized for a certain environment, and now we have changed the environment so much that those specializations are a hindrance, would a past proto human be better at adapting to today’s world, if brought up by modern society, due to better adaptability? Biodiversity is the blank slate beginning, and selection is the forgetting.

hammock 5y ago
What also does this mean for psychedelics? Could they "reopen" the filters that were earlier preventing new signals from being found? Something like switching from a digital radio dial (every .2 MHz) to an analog dial (everything in between) - you can find something you had missed before.
- basch 5y ago
  It does make you wonder if we “learn” that things are NOT connected, and can chemically stimulate reevaluation of such learned non-patterns, helping break preconceived notions. Like if after being taught oil and water don’t mix, you could unlock the ability to question such belief.
- naasking 5y ago
  > Could they "reopen" the filters that were earlier preventing new signals from being found? This actually is a leading theory of psychedelic action, ie. that they tear down filters we use to operate in the world.
EarthLaunch 5y ago
> Pattern recognition is less about connecting dots than it is distinguishing and purging the unconnected. When that process goes awry, and we can’t discern disconnections, things like psychosis arise. Making connections that aren't there, ie failing to purge the unconnected, could be psychosis. The opposite would be: Not making connections, ie purging the connected. That is called low intelligence. High intelligence is often seen as making connections. Do intelligence and psychosis correlate? (And if you can make someone purge connections, are you lowering their intelligence?)

by basch 5y ago

hammock 5y ago

What also does this mean for psychedelics? Could they "reopen" the filters that were earlier preventing new signals from being found? Something like switching from a digital radio dial (every .2 MHz) to an analog dial (everything in between) - you can find something you had missed before.

basch 5y ago
It does make you wonder if we “learn” that things are NOT connected, and can chemically stimulate reevaluation of such learned non-patterns, helping break preconceived notions. Like if after being taught oil and water don’t mix, you could unlock the ability to question such belief.
naasking 5y ago
> Could they "reopen" the filters that were earlier preventing new signals from being found? This actually is a leading theory of psychedelic action, ie. that they tear down filters we use to operate in the world.

EarthLaunch 5y ago

> Pattern recognition is less about connecting dots than it is distinguishing and purging the unconnected. When that process goes awry, and we can’t discern disconnections, things like psychosis arise. Making connections that aren't there, ie failing to purge the unconnected, could be psychosis. The opposite would be: Not making connections, ie purging the connected. That is called low intelligence. High intelligence is often seen as making connections. Do intelligence and psychosis correlate? (And if you can make someone purge connections, are you lowering their intelligence?)