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1821416 No.1821416 [Reply] [Original]

What are thoughts made of? For example; if i picture a red bicycle in my head, what is it composed of?

>> No.1821419

there is no "it" to be composed of anything.

>> No.1821428

The pattern of activity is similar to what you would be see if you actually observe a red bicycle. It's different in the sense that primary sensory areas involved in the processing of the actual observation are not involved. Basically you perceive a red bicycle without seeing one.

>> No.1821429

You could say neurons I guess, they're you're 'consciousness'

>> No.1821432

>>1821416

now thats a philosoraptor question right there folks

>> No.1821436

>>1821428
So you're saying it's not so much a 'thing' as an 'event'?

>> No.1821442

>>1821428
but, as humans, we are able to form thoughts without the experience. we can .. "create" an entirely new mountain scape just by thinking it. what explains that? same thing?

>> No.1821443

neurons

>> No.1821445

>>1821436
Or a pattern, I guess. It's a pattern of activity in the brain.

>> No.1821444

>>1821432
No it's not. It's a perfectly legitimate question about which you can form hypothesis and predictions.

>> No.1821450

>>1821436
Yeah. It's a sequence of events actually.

>> No.1821452

action potentials firing.

>> No.1821461

>>1821445
>>1821450
It's fucking incredible how complex the human brain is.

>> No.1821466

>>1821442
We can create new experiences but they're limited in the sense that they are restricted to our own perceptual abilities. We can't imagine what it is like to see ultra violet radiation for instance because we lack the UV light sensitive cones in our retinas and associated cortical processing structures. Imagining something is basically the same as perceiving it. When you think of a red bike you don't necessarily recall a specific red bike you saw before (you might though). Experience only contributes to the perceptual image, but it doesn't define it.

>> No.1821471

>>1821461
I know :) I do neuro cientific research.

>> No.1821473

>>1821466
>Imagining something is basically the same as perceiving it.

Reality really is subjective...

>> No.1821484

>>1821471
neuroscientific*
>>1821473
Perception is subjective, reality isn't.

>> No.1821704

Out of.... thought?