it's really weird how some people think their psychology and their neurochemistry are different things. like, your psychology IS your neurochemistry. that's how it works
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there's this whole idea that "X is caused by a physical/chemical thing, not a psychological thing", as if the two are separable, as if they aren't literally manifestations of each other
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people aren't software that runs on brains, people *are* brains
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there is no "thinker" -- only thoughts! nobody thinks the thoughts! the thinking is the thoughts. there is no "watcher" -- only seeing! what is seen is not the "output" of vision, it is vision itself. these may seem obvious, but are ridiculously prevalent category errors
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it's always fascinating how many obviously-false-under-inspection dualistic assumptions are baked into everyday language and culture
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Took a psychology class last semester and one think I really appreciated was how far they went to emphasize that the human mind and behavior are very complicated, and how using only simple models (e.g. ignoring chemistry) will fail to capture that complexity.
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