Can science find ways to ease loneliness?

Re:Can science find ways to ease loneliness? by timonoko on Sunday April 28, 2024 @04:53AM (#40187083)

Difference between "oneliness" and "loneliness" is crucial. I was little astonished when Lex Fridman told us that he does not have "Inner Voice" commenting all his doings.

I have sometimes spent 6 months alone in wilderness and eventually the Inner Voice kicks in. It seems to be a mechanism to maintain sanity. Upon returning to civilization the Voice soon disappears.

In my case the Voice is a film director, mostly Werner Herzog, who might say, "now the subject has finally lost his marbles and does not make bear-proof stash for his food".

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Re:Can science find ways to ease loneliness? by tw061023 on Sunday April 28, 2024 @05:04AM (#40187142)

Have you considred the bicameral mind hypothesis? Because what you are describing sounds like a strong evidence supporting it.

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Re:Can science find ways to ease loneliness? by karmakaze on Sunday April 28, 2024 @10:45AM (#40188972)

This is fantastic. I want to cultivate this to get myself to do things I know I should do. "the subject has used external input without sanitization, a non-sane activity to be sure" in the voice of The Stanley Parable narrator. [I wouldn't really do this, it's just an example folks.]

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