24/03/2025
А чи часто ви замислюєтеся над тим, що наш мозок автоматично приймає за нас рішення, які ми навіть не усвідомлюємо?
Ми живемо у власних схемах і концепціях, як птиця в клітці, навіть не усвідомлюючи тотальної обумовленості власних думок і дій. Вийти за рамки власних уявлень - неабиякий крок, а вийти за рамки загальноприйнятих постулатів своєї групи, суспільства і навіть, прости господи, науки 😁 - це взагалі подвиг. Але світ змінюється так швидко, що жити вчорашніми уявленнями вже неможливо.
От за що я люблю і геніального когнітивіста Джорджа Лакоффа, і сміливих практиків НЛП. Метафора - наше все. Це ключ до майбутнього психології.
You think with your brain. You have no other choice. Though we may sometimes wonder what part of their anatomy certain political leaders think with, the fact is that they too think with their brains.
Thought—all thought—is brain activity. Of course, you have no direct way of inspecting how your brain works. Direct introspection—just thinking about your brain—will not tell you about synapses and axons and cell bodies and dendrites, nor will it tell you what goes on where in your brain, much less how those synapses, axons, and so on give rise to thought. We know that we do not know our own brains.
On the other hand, most of us think we know our own minds. This is because we engage in conscious thought, and it fills much of our waking life. But what most people are not aware of, and are sometimes shocked to discover, is that most of our thought—an estimated 98 percent—is not conscious. It is below the level of consciousness. It is what our brains are doing that we cannot see or hear. It is called the cognitive unconscious, and the scientific evidence for its existence and for many of its properties is overwhelming.
Unconscious thought is reflexive—automatic, uncontrolled. Think of the knee reflex, what your leg does when the doctor taps your knee. Conscious thought is reflective, like looking at yourself in a mirror. If all thought were conscious and reflective, you would know your own mind and be in control of the decisions you make.
But since we don’t know what our brains are doing in most cases, most thought is reflexive, not reflective, and beyond conscious control. As a result, your brain makes decisions for you that you are not consciously aware of.
— The Political Mind: A Cognitive Scientist's Guide to Your Brain and Its Politic
