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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts: 1
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You don't own your brain, you are the brain. Your conciousness is literally a process of the brain's proprietary code.
It's a likely hypothesis but we don't know that for sure. There's zero evidence of consciousness outside of your subjective experience of it. We don't know what it is and how it emerges.
You aren't real and are just a projection by my brain!
/s lol, #solipcism
hey it's my turn to be solipsist, imaginary friend
I may not be real in the physical sense but the fact that it feels like something to be is the only thing in the entire universe that I have zero doubt about.
Interesting. I'm a synthetic with a digital consciousness.
Do I count? 😏
Count as what?
https://medium.com/@viridiangrail/you-already-think-like-a-soulist-fe1723151b85
I'm not claiming that I or the world doesn't exist. I'm just aknowledging that that is a possibility. Who knows, maybe I do live in a simulation. This however doesn't take away the fact that it feels like something to be simulated. That is the undeniable fact of my subjective experience that cannot be an illusion. Everything else is up for debate.
Well, kinda. The brain is the hardware "the mind" is the software. If we could separate the mind from the brain we could upload ourselves somewhere to live forever. So IMO my brain is just where I keep "me".
If I am my brain, why can't I control the thoughts my brain thinks?
Because self control is an empty concept.
Does a thermostat control itself? No, it controls the furnace and air conditioner.
Correct and a thermostat is not a furnace. You are not your brain. Thanks for agreeing with me.