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Forgotten Decisions

October 29, 2020 by Joe Gray in Consciousness, Free Will, Language/Linguistics, Personal Development, Philosophy, Psychology, Rants, Thoughts, Whimsies

There's no reason to think that people are able to remember everything they think about. We are constantly going through internal ruminations, whether we are paying attention to them or not. I don't think that the internal monologue is something that we turn on and off at will or consciously. I'm not sure if the stream of consciousness that is verbal is always running but when it is running our focus on it fluctuates. Sometimes one can really focus on observing the random thoughts that happen inside the mind. Sometimes one can direct the stream and try to focus where it goes. Sometimes one is completely unable to grasp the internal messages.

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October 29, 2020 /Joe Gray
body, brain, consciousness, determinism, development, freewill, language, lifestyle, memory, mind, philosophy, psychology, rant, streamofconsciousness, streamsofconsciousness, thoughts, will, will power
Consciousness, Free Will, Language/Linguistics, Personal Development, Philosophy, Psychology, Rants, Thoughts, Whimsies

Re-Post: Who's Playing Cards Right Now?

December 18, 2018 by Joe Gray in Personal Development, Philosophy, Free Will

While sitting across from my brother at a picnic table in a rural campground in Oregon we discussed free will. At one point, mid circular logic loop, I looked down at my hands and tried to imagine that it was all due to prior states and that no agent was responsible for the actions "I" was witnessing. That there might not be a "me" inside. That "I" is just a name for an observer with no real control over anything. If this is true then "who" was playing cards? The universe? I don't think so.

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December 18, 2018 /Joe Gray
cards, determinism, existence, free will, philosophy, psychology
Personal Development, Philosophy, Free Will

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