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1. Don Romano (alt) (thor@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Apr-2019 17:41:24 EDT Don Romano (alt)

   @guizzy @masterofthetiger Oh, they aren't. We are always making up reasons after the fact. Are you familiar with the book "The Mind is Flat" by Nick Carter? The main message of the book is that all those hidden depths we imagine our minds to have don't exist. Instead, humans are "just" good storytellers, and that includes the stories we tell about ourselves, which are rarely consistent. He further argues that introspection isn't real; we only know what we experienced and what we did.

   1. Don Romano (alt) (thor@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Apr-2019 17:45:47 EDT Don Romano (alt)

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      @guizzy @masterofthetiger We also remember what we felt in some cases, but what we don't remember is what made us act the way we did. We never know. I feel that patients with split brains demonstrate it quite handily. No matter what the other half of the brain is making its half of the body do, the brain half that can talk has an explanation for it, even though this is impossible. The brain halves are not communicating, after all. So, we just make it up.

      1. Don Romano (alt) (thor@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Apr-2019 17:49:42 EDT Don Romano (alt)

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         @guizzy @masterofthetiger Ever try to flare your nostrils in the mirror and notice when the nostrils start to open versus when you're aware of having made the decision to flare them? One time when I did it, I kept surprising myself by flaring my nostrils and then deciding to do so a fraction of a second later.

         1. Don Romano (alt) (thor@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Apr-2019 17:51:10 EDT Don Romano (alt)

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            @guizzy @masterofthetiger I could see the beginning of the motion before I thought I had sent the motor commands. It was spooky.