>There isn't even a "self" just highly complex oscillating neuronal waves that give you a sense of embodiment and translate the external world into a representation.
>Over the course of your life, you will learn how to react to external influences and how to influence others (consciously) or maybe become oblivious to how you affect others.
>Society rewards some behaviours and punishes others.
>You imagine that you have "beliefs" to assert, "values" to adhere to.
>If you have been systematically bullied you will actually suffer from PTSD.
>Consciousness is an adaptive evolutionary trait.
>Most people figure out a way to survive in their corner of what is essentially an indifferent if not outwardly hostile world.
>Over the course of your life, you will learn how to react to external influences and how to influence others (consciously) or maybe become oblivious to how you affect others.
>Society rewards some behaviours and punishes others.
>You imagine that you have "beliefs" to assert, "values" to adhere to.
>If you have been systematically bullied you will actually suffer from PTSD.
>Consciousness is an adaptive evolutionary trait.
>Most people figure out a way to survive in their corner of what is essentially an indifferent if not outwardly hostile world.
