I mean the real question is this: your unconscious self doesn't necessarily have any more self-discipline than you do. So this tactic would only work if you can burn the boats behind you and then knock yourself out.
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Replying to @interpretantion @literalbanana
right; i’m saying that self-discipline is itself the limiting factor in artistic expression, eg of the hip-hop / performance art / improv kind. if i wasnt constantly conscious of shoehorning this _natural_ state of being into a “safe” form, i could just do an 8-hour freestyle
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idk my mind is a very complicated series of stratagems around balancing manic / depressive modes... as stated, this drug would be very exciting to experiment with in terms of balancing uptime / downtime. it’s hard to imagine it not imbuing superpowers of some kind.
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Replying to @spiderfoods @literalbanana
I assumed that in this experiment behavior doesn't actually change but we just have no memory of it.
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Replying to @interpretantion @spiderfoods
one of the most interesting things falling out of this is how tied up memory formation and consciousness seem to be (but, theoretically, need not be)
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Replying to @literalbanana @spiderfoods
I mean I don't see any way around it that consciousness is actually the same thing as memory. Memory is ultimately about function, static memory structures alone are the same thing as writing on a piece of paper that you read later.
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Any separation of consciousness from memory would ultimately imply a ghost in the machine.
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Replying to @interpretantion @spiderfoods
most of what is experienced isn’t stored in memory, and many things NOT experienced are stored in memory
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Replying to @literalbanana @spiderfoods
What do you mean by experienced? It sounds like you just mean that the event transpired, but that's not the same thing as subjective experience.
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Replying to @interpretantion @spiderfoods
a lot of subjective experience is instantly forgotten, in fact the vast majority of it
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(or, at best, heaped into a generic memory of “things like this subjective experience” - you can remember brushing your teeth, but probably few actual times you brushed your teeth in detail)
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But what if you only experience memories, ie it must be captured to be processed. Most memories are simply discarded, rather than never formed.
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