Human thinking
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What you see here is a page of my hypertext book Me, Looking for Meaning. Initially empty, it will slowly be filled with thoughts, notes, and quotes. One day, I will use them to write a coherent entry, similar to these completed pages. See this post to better understand my creative process. Thank you for your interest and patience! :)
What you see here is a page of my hypertext book Me, Looking for Meaning. Initially empty, it will slowly be filled with thoughts, notes, and quotes. One day, I will use them to write a coherent entry, similar to these completed pages. See this post to better understand my creative process. Thank you for your interest and patience! :)
Where does thoughts come from? Thoughts are a result of neuron connections working as they process information that comes from our experience, memory, and environment. Thought are not something that we choose to think about. Thought are often formed without our conscious input, although sometimes we can choose what to think about (or, at least, it appears that we can choose that). Our past experience and environment play a major role in the way our thoughts are formed. Culture, society, all interactions with other people create a context within which thoughts are being formed. In this sense, some people can try and succeed to influence (at least, to some extent) what other people think. In other words, a person can to a some extent influence thoughts that are formed in other person's head. That can happen through persuasion, propaganda. When some stimulus in our environment is repeated, this will affect thoughts that are formed (ads are also based on this principle). In this sense, one can say that our thoughts often do not belong to us, in a sense that we do not choose to think them.
Connect this to the modular model in psychology (see Why Buddhism Is True). Thoughts come from modules. There is no one "I" that thinks thoughts. To connect this to previous paragraph, modules are affected by our environment and experiences.
We look for meanings because this is how human brain works
patterns of thinking - gum ball machine
We don’t know where our patters of thinking come from, we don’t know how they impact ourselves and others
Nonlinear thinking - associative thinking
Grandin, T. (2022). Visual thinking: The hidden gifts of people who think in pictures, patterns, and abstractions. Riverhead Books. [an insightful book on different ways of thinking]
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Connect this to the modular model in psychology (see Why Buddhism Is True). Thoughts come from modules. There is no one "I" that thinks thoughts. To connect this to previous paragraph, modules are affected by our environment and experiences.
We look for meanings because this is how human brain works
patterns of thinking - gum ball machine
We don’t know where our patters of thinking come from, we don’t know how they impact ourselves and others
Nonlinear thinking - associative thinking
Grandin, T. (2022). Visual thinking: The hidden gifts of people who think in pictures, patterns, and abstractions. Riverhead Books. [an insightful book on different ways of thinking]
About this project: Start page
