whateverist Wrote:Nope. But why do you assume your consciousness is unitary?
Because that's all I've ever experienced. Because I've never heard someone else speaking inside my head. Because I'm the only one that seems to be in control of me and my thoughts.
Quote: Where do your flights of imagination come from or your dreams?
The brain. Countless scans have been done to show what parts of the brain are responsible for what.
Quote: Do you consciously take responsibility and credit for everything that goes on in your head?
They're my thoughts, so yes.
Quote: This is such a strong cultural bias and a huge blind spot.
But it's the *only* option, unless you have concrete evidence to suggest an alternative.
Quote: Of course consciousness is fragmentary. Conscious you is just a tool of your greater consciousness. Try not to wet yourself over it but you really aren't the whole show; however you are free to be consciously confused about all this ... as you pretty much have to be until you get some perspective.
Yeah, sure, maybe I'm not capable of 100% being able to use my brain's full capacity or w/e, but it doesn't follow that my consciousness is *shared*!
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
