michron98 t1_j5ju7zf wrote on January 23, 2023 at 3:00 PM Reply to comment by chance_waters in [Image] "If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” ~ Marcus Aurelius by Butterflies_Books >Humans give themselves way too much credit for the power of consciousness, we are biological machines running on train tracks I think the power of human consciousness is that we can set the switches. Which is pretty powerful in its own, don't you think? Permalink Parent 1
michron98 t1_j5ju7zf wrote
Reply to comment by chance_waters in [Image] "If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” ~ Marcus Aurelius by Butterflies_Books
>Humans give themselves way too much credit for the power of consciousness, we are biological machines running on train tracks
I think the power of human consciousness is that we can set the switches. Which is pretty powerful in its own, don't you think?