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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
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[–] Perspectivist@feddit.uk 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Though in the case of consciousness - the fact of there being something it's like to be - not only don't we know what causes it or how it works, but we have no way of measuring it either. There's zero evidence for it in the entire universe outside of our own subjective experience of it.

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago

To be fair there's zero evidence for anything outside our own subjective experience of it, we're just kind of running with the assumption that our subjective experience is an accurate representation of reality.

[–] finitebanjo@piefed.world -4 points 1 day ago

We've actually got a pretty good understanding of the human brain, we just don't have the tech that could replicate it with any sort of budget nor a use case for it. Spoiler, there is no soul.