a lotta transhumanist science fiction incorporates the idea that man (or whatever man has turned himself into) has installed various technologies into the brain, includin' sumthin' along the lines of what you're suggestin'...I've seen such tech-harnessed subconsciousness called a muse or a daemonAdvocate wrote: ↑Fri Nov 27, 2020 1:37 amWell, yes, except for the bit about how we have no free will and control is an illusion and we're just the rider on the elephant and all that. But to the extent we Feel like we can control our subconscious, that's the way to do it, and apparently doing so, by whatever method, is the primary way to have a better life, all else being equal. CBT, DBT, etc. all rely upon that fixation of attention on what matters in lieu of letting our subconscious do it for us.henry quirk wrote: ↑Fri Nov 27, 2020 1:11 amso, and correct me if I'm goin' off in the wrong direction, you wanna codify the subconscious so that the conscious can control it instead of bein' controlled by it, yeah?Advocate wrote: ↑Thu Nov 26, 2020 8:03 pm
Both? The subconscious readily gives up control to whatever we're paying attention to. What we can do is train it when we are paying attention to do what we want when we aren't. To be able to understand it as an explicit entity can help us recognize it's foibles and direct our attention in relation to the various acts each of "us' tend to perform, etc. Anyhow, that's the way¹ i see it.
me, bein' a primitive baseline kinda guy (who is a free will believer), I'll be havin' none of that myself...me, I'll stick with the factory equipment & settings