cognitive emulation
dachte proposed an interesting theory, which is that for people with past traumatic experiences, dealing with similar situations can no longer be a matter of instinct; instead, it takes a sort of virtualisation layer of conscious thought, and that this may be detrimental in some cases. (explained more in comment below)
what i would call "traumatic" in my past is pretty mild compared to what i know some people deal with (and i am thankful for that...), but they were all still cause for both pain and for self-reevaluation. combine this with my interest in how the human mind works and how to hack/guide its functioning, and you have someone that likes to fully evaluate all the human failure/growth modes they happen to run across. so, i think i am guilty of this phenomenon in many ways, but i do not fully grok its implications.
it is hard for me to imagine that some of the things i think about are completely automatic for most people. maybe some of them are, and some are not?
is it bane, or boon?
what i would call "traumatic" in my past is pretty mild compared to what i know some people deal with (and i am thankful for that...), but they were all still cause for both pain and for self-reevaluation. combine this with my interest in how the human mind works and how to hack/guide its functioning, and you have someone that likes to fully evaluate all the human failure/growth modes they happen to run across. so, i think i am guilty of this phenomenon in many ways, but i do not fully grok its implications.
it is hard for me to imagine that some of the things i think about are completely automatic for most people. maybe some of them are, and some are not?
is it bane, or boon?