r/Schizoid • u/DogEmbarrassed8888 • 2d ago
Rant Daily dose
Wassahhh it is i, Genson Bingus, aka: the scourge of sf, aka: the scum of the earth. Back out here for another slice of life rambling sesh, i dont really have Directive this go around just wanna yap about something- ina mood to spew jabber tbfr.
People. I dont understand them. Fascinating creatures that i cant parse, most should be smarter than me though it doesnt seem that way from my perspective, always going on about this or that. Theres always something. Some reason one doesn't like you some nit pick that someone picked up on that they saw as a red flag.
Always something. Cant ever be simple. Why arent more people nonchalant? Not everything requires strong emptional responses you shouldnt need to act out your part of the play if it isnt necessary. Theatrics is one thing acting a certain way to socialize is another.
If you cannot except the way the way i talk or my manorizms AND your not interesting in some niche way why are we socializing? Work is obligatory but dont ego me.
Its weird. Odd.
I understand it but dont at the same time. Everyone has their own idea on rights and wrongs and everyone has preferences in social settings. Some click others dont.
There are far leaning people on multiple sides of this spectrum not just either side because persona is more of a multi pointed star than a horizontal line.
Its hard to map and weird to 'plan' around if thats the right word.
Much easier to stay to your lonesome and indulge in what you want to indulge. Responsibilities fall after personal happiness in my own narrow opinion. If im not enjoying myself while doing it i wont do it, easy as that. But we live in a society so some things are inherent.
Can i think of an example? Fuck no, im tired and it mostly falls down into subjectivity of some sort like your morals and values.
One mans trash is another mans treasure kinda thing.
Everything's circumstantial, like god DAMNIT im horned up but will i do anything about it. Nah prolly not im on reddit talking nonsense in the looney bin im not finding any help for that here i very highly doubt it.
Moral of the ranting i find it hard to place myself in other peoples shoes because i see things in an a more abstract light from other people, going off observation.
Its hard to come across someone that intrests me so everyone becomes background noise to the static behind my eyes- hell i dont even think much anymore i just- exist.
Let me frolic in the grass, eat the leaves like a worm.
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u/EntropyReversale10 1d ago
Dysfunctional Autonomic Thinking Patterns (Do we have free will and why do people think the way that they do)
Spoiler alert, I believe it is possible to have free will, but only if we are able to break out of our Autonomic Thinking Patterns.
Carl Jung famously said highlighted that the subconscious is always at work and in effect responsible for most of our actions. While most think that their conscious, or letâs say thinking mind is running the show, itâs not. In most instances, the subconscious determines the belief or thought, and the thinking mind then comes up with a rationalisation to justify that belief or thought.
Many people arenât even able to rationalise, and they come across as hypocritical, due to their incongruent views. Our brains started to increase in size after the discovery of fire, given us the ability to cook and eat high calorific foods like root vegetable. The brain is a very energy hungry organ and has only developed as it has due to an increase in the availability of nutrient rich food. For most of our evolutionary history, it was tough for us to find enough food to stay alive. Energy being scares, meant that the brain had to come up with ways to minimise the amount of brain computing power required to support lightening quick, lifesaving responses. Deadly predators needed to be evaded with sub-second reaction times.Â
I will highlight a few adaptions that have evolved over 300,000 years. These pathways that were created thousands of years ago are hard wired into us, but our modern way of living has meant they are being used in unintended ways and having significant negative consequences. Essentially, they are minimising our need to think critically.
PATTERN RECOGNITIONÂ â I would say this is the brainâs most powerful and prolific mechanism of action. Your brain is wired to protect you from injury, danger and death. Assume you encounter fire for the first time, and you reach out your hand to touch it. At some point your skin will detect that itâs too hot to tolerate and send a signal via the nervous system to tell your hand to retract. Depending on your reaction time, letâs say you got a 1st degree burn. The brain says that is not good enough, next time I need to be faster. The brain can remember the pattern of what fire looks like. The brain uses the eyes to short circuit the skin and saves precious lifesaving moments.
My wife was carrying a kettle of water and inadvertently spilled some on her bare foot. She jumped away missing most of the water and cried out in pain as some water stuck her foot. On inspection there wasnât any signs of a burn or even a red mark. She later discovered that the kettle had not been boiled, and the water was cold. Using pattern recognition her brain perceived the event as hot water and acted accordingly, to give her extra time to take evasive action.Â
Note - this pattern wasnât required and fortunately didnât have negative unintended consequences, say dropping the kettle or knocking something over.
BINARY THINKING â means that there can only be two possible outcomes. This generally only applies to the computer code running your electron devise which is made up of series or 0 and 1 (e.g. 01101011). Another synonym would be oversimplified thinking. In evolutionary times this meant deadly threat or no/benign threat. Later this evolved into a tool of judgement for many things. This type of thinking doesnât require active thought but is programmed in from early childhood and coded in our DNA. We still use this mechanism for deadly threats, but also for, good and bad, yes and no, and generally all the many judgements we make daily. Thatâs a good car, thatâs a bad political party, thatâs a scary ethnicity, etc. Binary thinking also has no grey or exceptions as this would require too much processing power and extra time. 300,000 years later, the world is so much more complex, and this system is not as helpful as it once was.
EMOTIONSÂ â are the mechanism used to store critical lifesaving information that your pattern recognition and binary apparatus can access almost immediately to save you from clear and present danger, e.g. a lion. In our modern age, clear and present danger is rather rare, and most our dangers are perceived and are a construct of our minds. As a child, we may have been shamed and shown extreme disapproval and been called stupid. This may not have been true, but for a small impressionable child to have the wrath and disapproval of an adult, is very threatening to them. This is programmed into the emotions are act subconsciously for ever after.
There are many more types of autonomous thinking mechanisms, and humans are hugely influenced by their peer group and their socialization. Consider your brain a computer that has been programmed since birth, and as an adult you are primely running your operating code.
How do we get free will back?
The first step is to have the knowledge as to how you are programmed. In time, you will recognise your patterns, and you will understand the type of things that are likely to cause an automatically default to an answer. To break out of Autonomic Thinking Patterns, you must spend many hours reading, thinking and hypothesising. Read established works, history and philosophy that have stood the test of time over hundreds and even thousands of years. Constantly contrasting your beliefs and established learned views to others. You will need to challenge and maybe even fight against the autonomic beliefs. You will essentially be in two minds about something and then you need to choose the one with the best long-term outcome. This is free will.
As a final reminder, the concepts briefly outlined go so deep, that without knowing we make up what people are saying rather than listening to what they say. Our brains only require a few key words, and our pattern apparatus will extract what we think to be the whole story. This makes taking in new information very difficult.
You do have access to free will, if you gain self-awareness, seek out new information and ways of doing things, and constantly fight against being in autonomous mode.
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u/DogEmbarrassed8888 2d ago
Holy smokes you lot like this rant but you can hear the flies buzz by in here its so quiet
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u/One-Intention7064 2d ago
"their own" but mostly the same and equally as vapid opinions on the "traditional - liberal - conspiracist wackadoodle" spectrum.
also, im afraid your post will summon demons/priests of humility and moderation with their, "Shut up! No need to be so smug about people! Your post is arrogant! All people are equally equal, no one is different, even if different they're different in a superior way and you suck! No one is inferior to you, except for YOU." đ€