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Random mermaid
Is there a consensus on what 'a thought' even is? There seem to be a lot of assumptions in this idea that I'm not sure are justified, like that 'thoughts' are discreet, localized events in the brain and that mental energy is like a battery powering thoughts and not an affective state.

We were seduced by the lie that things were as simple as they seemed... and yet the fact remains. Things are rarely as simple as they seem.