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[vikachu]

A similar thing happens to me whenever I'm in my anaestesia and euthanasia class, when I think about the drugs we're learning about my teeth and gums go numb and I can almost taste a medicinal taste. It's just because you were thinking about it and what it would feel like, well at least that's what I think.

[ouija ouija]

vikachu, on 22 October 2012 - 01:08 AM, said:

A similar thing happens to me whenever I'm in my anaestesia and euthanasia class, when I think about the drugs we're learning about my teeth and gums go numb and I can almost taste a medicinal taste. It's just because you were thinking about it and what it would feel like, well at least that's what I think.

There's a class to learn about euthanasia?

[SSilhouette]

This type of thing happens to me all the time Skeptic Chicken.  Even if I'm watching TV and someone gets hurt, I instantly feel the exact type of pain that injury would cause in me if it happened to me.  I get bolled over with people's emotions too.

[Ninhursag]

Our mind loves playing tricks on us ..

[SSilhouette]

That statement would mean the mind is a sentient being apart from "us"...  How does that work exactly?

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SSilhouette, on 26 October 2012 - 05:59 PM, said:

That statement would mean the mind is a sentient being apart from "us"...  How does that work exactly?

I think that means the subconscious. Its job is to present a simplified perception of reality to our thinking minds so they won't get overloaded with information. Sometimes it's fooled (optical illusions) and sometimes it simplifies things too much.

[_Only]

SSilhouette, on 26 October 2012 - 05:59 PM, said:

That statement would mean the mind is a sentient being apart from "us"...  How does that work exactly?

You really can't imagine how that would work?

Edited by _Only, 27 October 2012 - 04:15 AM.

[SSilhouette]

I was asking a leading question.  I can imagine it.  I was trying to get the sceptics to notice that they themselves acknowledge the phenomenon yet remain curiously and paradoxically unwilling to acknowledge it...lol..

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SSilhouette, on 28 October 2012 - 05:54 AM, said:

I was asking a leading question.  I can imagine it.  I was trying to get the sceptics to notice that they themselves acknowledge the phenomenon yet remain curiously and paradoxically unwilling to acknowledge it...lol..

Skeptics readily acknowledge that the subconscious mind can fool a person's judgement.

[Orcseeker]

Hilander, on 20 October 2012 - 07:17 PM, said:

Yes the brain is a powerful thing.  Sometimes I feel other peoples pain, especially if I see them hurt.

I definitely know what you mean. One example is seeing those who talk at funerals and break down when they are trying to stand strong. It's like I feel the same break.

[SSilhouette]

If matter is energy and our bodies and minds are made of matter then....? [for those who have studied logic]