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Re:Brain implant translates paralyzed man's thoughts into te... by Waterluvian on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @10:09AM (#29175380)
A few thoughts:

- Maybe!

- Don't accidentally get caught in the fallacy of "how I experience existence must be how everyone does

- Is it possibly just a semantic distinction at that point? If you are completely consciously unaware of an internal voice that speaks your language, does it matter if it's there or not?

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Re:Brain implant translates paralyzed man's thoughts into te... by fossuser on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @10:12AM (#29175426)
I’m with you on 2, but it doesn’t seem like just me - it seems like vast majority except the occasional person claiming it’s different for them.

It’s not a semantic distinction to me, since the mechanism underlying it would then be the same and it’d just be their recognition of it that varied which is way less surprising.

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Re:Brain implant translates paralyzed man's thoughts into te... by TedDoesntTalk on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @10:44AM (#29175907)
Indeed, there are legions of non-dual meditation apps and meditation teachers who train people to deal with this inner voice in ways that are helpful.

If such people were not rampant, I do not think these teachers and apps would be so popular.

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Re:Brain implant translates paralyzed man's thoughts into te... by fossuser on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @10:57AM (#29176109)
A lot of therapy is also focused around self-talk and rumination too.
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