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Submitted by skindeep on Thu, 10/07/2010 - 5:57am.

if our thoughts come from our neocortex, should we be able to control them? 

because clearly, we cant. if we decided what we wanted and didnt want to think, people would not be committing suicide, there would be less depression, no PTSD, and less anxiety. people would be able to concentrate with fair ease.

people think theyre controlling thought, when most of the time, its suppression. we can  be aware of our thoughts and hence slow them down. but if the neocortex is both thought and awareness, is it being aware of itself?

i have a hard time believing that all we are is biology.

sorry for the abrupt-ness. these are my thoughts right now, i will sift through them and post more coherently later in the week.

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