@boots I ain't not no follow back dog
@ElectricKeet @literorrery I found it really validating ;)
@ravenclaudia You. Look. Amazing. <3
@mawr I dont think I can easily disassemble this laptop either...
@mawr well I never care about speed on a laptop since its not chock full of xeons, and its a bit late for that option as I'm already on this train ;)
@talyxian lucky
dark response
@grime_witch@witches.town Autoerotic asphyxiation.
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sentience, free will, etc
@literorrery @mawr yes yes yes yes. Push the probability of a given behavior, and then a set of given possible rationalizations. Change subtly the dopamine squirt from an ingrained reaction up or down.
sentience, free will, etc
@mawr I think sentience is an illusion and "free will" is the qualia of running over a part of your brain grooves that isnt quite so deep as the ones you're used to.
@bea As a person who "yass"'d my feelings about consciousness, did you find the book depressing?
my "depressing" view of sentience
@literorrery I think my subconscious rationalizer chews on things constantly then seeds my conscious rationalizer. That's how I do my work. And I make my conscious rationalizer help the subconscious one by doing "magick" and meditation.
my "depressing" view of sentience
@literorrery I think you can control the rationalizer to some extent?
my "depressing" view of sentience
It doesn't exist. We rationalize mechanical reactions. Always. Anxiety is arousal, discomfort. Why arousal discomfort coming from the body? Pick a stressor. Freak out about it. You rationalize simple feelings. You rationalize automatic reactions.
But why is that depressing? Why not find it freeing? Zen? Perfectly calming? You can't control your moment to moment reactions but your rationalizer can increase and decrease the probability of reactions.
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