Our Conscious Experience of the World Is but a Memory, Says New Theory

Re:Our Conscious Experience of the World Is but a Memory, Sa... by vishnugupta on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @02:50AM (#33340573)

Somewhat related, I read a while ago (there's even a book on this topic, can't recall the title) that our brain/mind is a hypothesis testing machine. i.e., it expects the world to be in a certain way and ask our body to act accordingly and if the hypothesis turns out to be false then it'll act surprised.

The converse of it was quite interesting. If you force your body to behave a certain way then corresponding emotion will follow. Example; forcing your face to smile will lead to happy feeling. Goes to show mind-body connection is way stronger than what we imagine it to be.

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Re:Our Conscious Experience of the World Is but a Memory, Sa... by criddell on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @09:46AM (#33343616)

I heard something similar and I’ve always wondered if it was true.

In patients who have had the two hemispheres of their brain disconnected, two distinct consciousnesses become apparent. They perceive differently and have different capabilities. I think the theory was there in each of us are multiple consciousnesses and our experience of reality is the result of consensus among them.

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