brain
philosophy

Index — philosophy

Content catalog. Updated on every ingest.

Themes

  • self — the "real me" question, and the move to dissolve it
  • mind-as-states — brain as a set of neural subsystems that swap foreground
  • observer — meta-cognition (dorsolateral PFC) as the closest-to-stable component of identity
  • meaning — meaning as chosen and built in small increments, not inherited
  • agency — life and self as malleable through continuous micro-choice
  • acceptance-of-ambiguity — the most recurring disposition: accept what won't resolve
  • impermanence — everything is temporary; acting and loving within finitude
  • perspective — you live inside a lens; the skill is noticing and switching
  • rationality-limits — rationality as a tool with a ceiling, not a ceiling itself

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Outgoing (28)

→ Self→ Mind as states→ Observer→ Meaning→ Agency→ Acceptance of ambiguity→ Impermanence→ Perspective→ Rationality limits→ No singular self→ Observer as closest to identity→ Purpose is constructed→ Letting go is the central life-skill→ Rationality is limited→ Every moment branches→ Switch perspectives (rotate the lens)→ The world is malleable→ Cosmic purpose: held open→ Agency vs Acceptance→ Rationality used vs. rationality rejected→ Purpose vs Absurdity — Can you find purpose in absurdity?→ The Art of Letting Go — What exactly is life?→ Poke Life→ Rationality vs Delusion — The ultimate mindfuck→ Zoom In or Zoom Out — The art of switching perspectives→ The Invisible Currency — Micro tradeoffs, macro difference→ States of Brain — Who is the real me?→ Nothing matters, we humans are nothing