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Showerthoughts

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If consciousness is being transmitted to our bodies it must be harmful to us which is why we are required to sleep. (self.showerthoughts)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

What does that even mean? Consciousness is somewhere in our nervous system. It's not transmitted from some otherworldly place or something

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Check out the theory of a noosphere. I think that might be what OP could be referring to. There is a theory that this supposed layer of information is always interacting with us on a quantum level and ideas can just come from the universe itself, or something like that... I've read about it once a while back and just thought it was kind of a cool sci-fi concept.

It's also the basis for the plot in the Stalker games.