Do you recall if you were ever asked about your own metacognition (that could've lead to a cascade effect of you realizing the other things down the consciousness checklist)? Were you maybe more "distracted" to think about your internal state? Also did you daydream as a kid?
Mum says I was incredibly bored as a kid (idk 5 years old) and I remember looking at myself in mirror being fascinated, trying to really grok how I'm sending signals to my arm when I move it up/down, trying to induce emotions arbitrarily, playing around with the narration / visuals / "neuralese" in my head, constucting identities etc.
I don't think I was asked, probably it could have been enough to prompt me to think about it.
Maybe distractions, but I don't think it was that either. I guess I felt like I was either playing game/doing something I enjoyed or just waiting for it, and was quite "patient" in some ways. I don't think I really daydreamed much either.
If there was soccer or something I would just like walk around slowly and wait but not really think anything. Not even like "omg I'm so bored I want to stop playing soccer", just "oh, i guess I gotta wait now..." and just slowly walk around and wait and not really think of much, until it was over.
Thanks! This post answered my curiosity, and probably helped me refine my own concepts surrounding consciousness. ✨
perspective -> theory of mind -> introspection
That's the anthropological line, a feedback loop in our theory of mind.
The bottom line on consciousness is that it's an emperical matter, for neuroscience, and they have yet to work out the mereology and vocabulary.
Do you recall if you were ever asked about your own metacognition (that could've lead to a cascade effect of you realizing the other things down the consciousness checklist)? Were you maybe more "distracted" to think about your internal state? Also did you daydream as a kid?
Mum says I was incredibly bored as a kid (idk 5 years old) and I remember looking at myself in mirror being fascinated, trying to really grok how I'm sending signals to my arm when I move it up/down, trying to induce emotions arbitrarily, playing around with the narration / visuals / "neuralese" in my head, constucting identities etc.
I don't think I was asked, probably it could have been enough to prompt me to think about it.
Maybe distractions, but I don't think it was that either. I guess I felt like I was either playing game/doing something I enjoyed or just waiting for it, and was quite "patient" in some ways. I don't think I really daydreamed much either.
If there was soccer or something I would just like walk around slowly and wait but not really think anything. Not even like "omg I'm so bored I want to stop playing soccer", just "oh, i guess I gotta wait now..." and just slowly walk around and wait and not really think of much, until it was over.
time.sleep(600) lmao
patience is a virtue <3