Pretty normal stuff
For humans its normal. The “simple” function as you call it, is actually the foundation of consciousness.
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474D@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
… it sounds like the concept of remembering?
Buffalox@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
AloneDownUnder@quokk.au 22 minutes ago
For me it’s not simple though. Does that make me non-human? I’m really surprised this is considered a basic thing.
BladeFederation@piefed.social 12 hours ago
Not saying this is OP specifically or anything, but I have long suspected that some fellow humans just aren’t as…conscious/sapient as the rest of us. Like literal NPCs. It would explain a lot. No I’m not talking about anything race or eugenics related, not going there at ALL. Just sometimes I’ve met people and wondered “…did we grow up on the same planet?”
AloneDownUnder@quokk.au 1 minute ago
It’s strange. I’ve been in a state of shutdown and disconnect for most of my life. Only recently with lot’s of meditation, I’ve reached a point where I (sometimes) am aware of my own needs and emotions.
When I look at other people I’m amazed by the capacities they have.
- They can think about their needs and desire while having a conversation
- When sitting still and not doing anything, they automatically start thinking about a bunch of things they still want to do or things that happened in the past
- They can hold their preferences in their head in any circumstance
- At any given time they have an idea of their priorities or needs.
- They feel it automatically when they have a certain need, like water, food, connection, etc…
I suppose this is normal for most people? But for me it has been only a very recent experience, and most of the time I still can’t
An example of this is meditation. When I sit down to meditate and focus on my breathing, and do this for 1-2 hours, I don’t experience any thoughts about future plans or things that happened before.
However, with consistency, this seems to be happening occasionally for me now from time to time.
A few years ago just talking was already pretty hard for me. Nowadays I manage, but it’s mostly talking in a way that I’ve learned from patterns in how other people talk, and i’m not necessarily able to communicate my own state of mind to other people that easily.
Buffalox@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
There are absolutely degrees of consciousness.
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 hours ago
Plus memory, and probably some chemical trigger (like dopamine or some other).
AloneDownUnder@quokk.au 23 minutes ago
I suppose it’s normal for most people. Somehow it’s difficult for me to remember what I like? Is that strange?
One example is that I don’t like pants with sideways pockets, I prefer them to be straight. I can remember this now, but when I actually go out and buy pants (which might be in a year or so) I will likely not remember at that time and buy the ones I don’t like again.