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"thinking" and "thoughts" are quite vague in this work, as far as I can tell from the article. If a person doesn't have something to think about - that is, to engage with, then sitting is quite hard. I'd be very interested to know what the participants did in their heads that they called "thinking" or "alone with my thoughts." Our minds are very good at engaging, even engaging in a relaxing or restful phase. But even meditating summons a point of focus. The results do not surprise me. It's hard to learn to shut everything off and just relax. I am guessing that the participants just never learned to entertain themselves in their own heads.
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I don't have any problem with Brendan's write up here, but I kinda wish Mudede was the one to analyze this post. What would he have thought about this? What kind of thoughts would go around in his brain (as long as he wasn't distracted with his war on cars) about the thoughts that go on in other people's brains? Even better, put Mudede in a room with an electric shock device and watch what he does. Then do a second test with a toy car and see if he ends up smashing it. For science!
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Adorno is a navel gazer
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"It would be better if I could only stop thinking. Thoughts are the dullest thing. Duller than flesh." I came across this quote by Sartre just after reading this post.
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Alonius Thunk
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Some people actually listen to music while thinking. It's actually a thing you can do. Being alone with one's thoughts is fine too, but the presence of external stimuli does not immediately shut down your ability to self-reflect.
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@2. This is the only reason anyone reads Mundede. They are so tortured by the vacuum in their heads that they'll let the most jejune material in.
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I don't really see the results of this study as it's been interpreted. If it were me, I'd be bored out of my mind. I'd reason whatever shock I was going to get couldn't permanently injure me or anything, so why not fucking try because I have nothing else to do.
That doesn't make me less comfortable with my own thoughts, that just makes me desperately bored.
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Why don't they just talk to the voices in their head like a normal person?

That's normal, right? George says it's normal. Thanks George.

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