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Re:Our Conscious Experience of the World Is but a Memory, Sa... by tshaddox on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @02:32AM (#33340471)
That doesn’t seem to contradict the first explanation. It’s not surprising that your subconscious mind could acquire abilities due to practice initiated by your conscious mind, just like it’s not surprising that your muscles can grow due to exercise initiated by your conscious mind.
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Re:Our Conscious Experience of the World Is but a Memory, Sa... by robotresearcher on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @05:56AM (#33341625)
You are missing the radical claim being made here. Your conscious mind only discovers you are playing an instrument by observing that you are doing it.
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