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Is it possible to not think about anything at all?
People who are thinking about “nothing” could also be having stream of consciousness thoughts that don’t tell a coherent story, Halassa said. But the brain never actually stops “thinking” in a broader sense. That’s a result of your brain “thinking,” in the background, he said.
Where do thoughts come from in the brain?
Neurons release brain chemicals, known as neurotransmitters, which generate these electrical signals in neighboring neurons. The electrical signals propagate like a wave to thousands of neurons, which leads to thought formation. One theory explains that thoughts are generated when neurons fire.
Are constant thoughts normal?
Racing thoughts—fast, repetitive thought patterns about a particular topic—are a common feature of anxiety and other mental-health disorders. But they can happen any time you are in an anxious or stressed state, even if you are not experiencing other symptoms.
What is Blankout?
transitive if you blank out a feeling, memory, warning etc, you deliberately try not to think about it or try to forget it. The experience was so terrible he just blanked it out. Synonyms and related words. To forget, or to try to forget. forget.
Is Everything and nothing absolutely true?
‘Nothing’ and ‘everything’ only have meaning within a domain of reference which makes them implicitly relative and therefore not absolute. Yes, even that statement itself is not absolutely true, because it does not apply to cows, or bridges, only statements.
What does it mean to say that nothing is absolute?
And this is how “nothing is absolute” is usually meant when used colloquially, in which case it may be specific enough to be a statement, and it won’t be a contradiction. – Conifold May 7 ’17 at 23:34 1 I find the statements muddled.
Is ‘nothing is absolute’ a contradiction in philosophy?
Yes because the statement ‘nothing is absolute’ implies everything is relative but states literally ‘nothing is absolute’, hence a contradiction. This really lack any grounding in philosophy or even in logic. It is circular reasoning.
What are thoughts of a more abstract nature?
Thoughts of a more abstract nature are just higher-level representations. They are built from hierarchies or ladders of representations (i.e. representations of representations). One thing reminds us of another because of some similar feature.