(December 6, 2014 at 4:38 pm)robvalue Wrote: I don't feel in control. It seems to be taking too much credit.
Almost all of my body just does stuff, which I have no idea how to do, like my internal organs. I often act on reflex or just muscle memory, seems hard to gloat over that either.
Even my "me" centre, my brain, is mostly run for me behind the scenes. My concious part is only a small fraction, and I'm far from convinced that I'm doing anything other than watching my concious brain do its thing.
Fuck me, I may as well retire, I'm a fifth wheel.
Self-awareness is a bitch. At least you can feel proud that you're not one of the simpletons that's walking around as if they're completely in control of all of their thoughts and perceptions.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
