08-14-2015, 09:44 AM
(08-13-2015, 11:54 PM)Sound_Lught Wrote: But what is really pickling my brain is, what comes before that moment of thought, is it pr-determined, has it already happened and am I following a script or am I inside a grand simulation..These are some thoughts flowing through my mind as I keep searching.
I would look into the buddhic theory of 'Dependent Origination'.
It's most likely beyond the mandate of your paper, but it does pertain to the subject matter. It might give you some thoghts/analogies you may be able to reframe in a more scientific fashion.
Dependent Origination basically states that there is a chain of causation for all thoughts; and that things are being created spontaneously (our thoughts and our experience) as a result of previous thoughts.
Or more accurately spoken; it's the unbalanced thoughts which lead to the generation of further thoughts.