cladking Wrote:
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> They didn't think so what was the experience like
> to live in their mind. They'd respond to stimuli
> "the second moment after perception", of course.
> but what was it like for them to make a self
> assessment of their non-emotional mental
> processes? Well... ...this is in the Pyramid
> Texts as well... ...at least some clues to it;
>
> "I say this to myself"
>
> "Saying, say what is, do not say what is not"
>
> In other words it would appear they experienced
> their consciousness as their own "voice" telling
> them what to do and say... ...the second moment
> after perception.
>
> There was no "thought" and they had no "beliefs".
> They didn't even have words to express beliefs.

Maybe some people are missing the cart for the horse.

...Or putting the forest before the trees.

The human brain is still digital even today. It is only language and the speech centers along with higher brain functions that are now analog. We experience our consciousness differently because we think in modern language which is key to our knowledge and to our ability to communicate. We don't so much "hear our thoughts" as we are our thoughts. I think therefore I am.

Ancient people danced to the music of nature and their thoughts were the lyrics.

It was almost poetic since in many real ways nature is binary just like the human brain. Nature merely lacks the programming we call "language'.