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|    Ed Cryer to oldernow    |
|    Re: Thought    |
|    28 Feb 25 20:12:33    |
      From: ed@somewhere.in.the.uk              oldernow wrote:       > People talk about thought as if they're doing it and as if       > it's happening to them. On the one hand, you feel you are       > the one doing the thinking. On the other, you feel you are       > the victim of your negative thoughts and if you only you       > could somehow stop them. Well which perspective is more       > accurate? Neither, because what you take to be the thinker       > is really just another one of the thoughts in disguise.       >              The human brain has its purpose; and consciousness sees little of it.              Ed              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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