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Nature of humans (self.philosophy)

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Human beings are hardwired to think about mundane irrelevant things periodically even if we elevate our state of consciousness to an higher level of thinking.The effect is ephemeral and we tend to go back or settle down to a lower tier again. It's like constantly running away from darkness in search of light,(i.e the big picture of consciousness). We need to keep reinforcing ourselves the big picture of existence, as we haven't evolved as a species to have that kind of higher metacognition as a norm yet.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Are you basing your claim on any source or theory? Experientally, I disagree. My mind's comfort zone is in the realm of the abstract, of the underlying structure. I find it hard to think of mundane things, and often have to do the effort to consider them to the able to function in society

If we talk language as the defining feature of humans, language is in its nature abstract. Even seemingly concrete words like London or Paris don't have clear, demarcated referents, acá their precise meaning remains in the abstract realm.