By Carhart Harris. Cited by 1050

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it seems like DMN/ego is just that helpful filter for the uncertain world. it’s like PCA - dimensionally reduction technique. helps us control the world via an idea of ego but also constrains the many infinite things about it.

Doors of Perception

naming = control


highlights

primary state vs secondary state

primary state secondary state
psychedelics, magical thinking, kids seeing the world normal waking consciousness
elevated entropy in certain aspects of brain function entropy suppression with constrained quality and associated metacognitive functions
exhibits more characteristics of criticality
pre-ego
processes are more flexible in primary consciousness mind has evolved to process the environment as precisely as possible by finessing its representations of the world so that surprise and uncertainty (e.i. entropy) are minimized
no competition competition between conscious states

their (or others cited) arguments