> it's not magic, it's the brain continually re-examining information (analytic) and building models (mostly inductive) in the background. This is how I feel t

> it's not magic, it's the brain continually re-examining information (analytic) and building models (mostly inductive) in the background. This is how I feel things are, that I have an analytic task that I'm not directly conscious of, but I worry about whether it's normal or if people are trying to convince me it's not when it is. Isn't there a pervasive narrative that rational thinking is conscious and the subconscious is irrational and emotional? I tend to feel like emotions are in the foreground and clouding my ability to listen to the analytic part of my brain which is not directly accessible but most likely chugging along on something. Often when I'm listening to something, like in a video call at work, my conscious mind just glazes over or is occupied with irrelevant things, but when it's time for me to talk, it's as if an assistant suddenly handed me some talking points that were prepared.