/lit/ - Literature

>>14164995
Only TRUE men can cuckold. Pussies can't deal with it without getting jealous. I'm a faggot btw if that matters.

Is death of the author just cooe for people with incorrect interpretations?

The last thread mocking the NPC theory got archived.
I would like to raise some questions

1 - Is "inner speech" synonymous to the "opposable self"?
>>Human beings have the ability to mentally “step back” from the situations we find ourselves in, in a way that no other creature can. When I drive my car or do the dishes, I am seldom absorbed in either. My mind is often someplace else entirely. Sometimes, I am thinking about myself. This ability to mentally disengage from situations, in fact, is a pre-condition of self-awareness. Higher animals (and a good many lower ones, in fact) all seem to have the ability to adjust their behavior based upon how their actions are affecting things around them. For example, if the kitten scratches the family dog and the dog growls ominously, the kitten backs off. But we attribute much of this to the animal instinctually making a new choice from among its pre-set repertoire of behaviors.
>>Human beings, on the other hand, have the ability to “turn inward” and reflect on themselves in a sustained, prolonged, and profound way that animals just do not seem to be capable of. The reactions of others, for example, may even prompt me to go off on my own (literally or figuratively) and ask “What kind of person am I?” or “Am I a good person?”
>>The “opposable self” has the ability to abstract itself from all situations and all things – even from the self itself. Consider the following. Right now you are reading my words, taking them in, and (I hope) understanding them.
Full text: https://www.counter-currents.com/2012/04/are-we-free/

2 - Has anyone addressed the reason why some eastern traditions seem to aim at silencing this inner speech, using practices such as Meditation? (Besides the weaponized autism meme)

>>11762850
>taking the NPC meme seriously

>>11758977
It's the hottest new meme from /pol/ related to this Study:

http://hurlburt.faculty.unlv.edu/heavey-hurlburt-2008.pdf
article:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/pristine-inner-experience/201110/not-everyone-conducts-inner-speech