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estefan on Dec 7, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: How Your Brain Decides Without You (2014)

The User Illusion by Norretranders discusses this in depth. He relays an estimate that our conscious bandwidth is roughly one millionth of the total bandwidth of our subconscious mind. Incredible!

It's literally one of the most fascinating books I've ever read that completely changed my view on a lot of things. I wish there were an updated version based on more recent research.

codeulike on Dec 9, 2015 | [–]

Analysis of the claims about the bandwidth of consciousness here: http://memebake.blogspot.co.uk/2008/08/straw-dogs-and-bandwi...

estefan on Dec 10, 2015 | | [–]

Interesting, thanks for posting!

dominotw on Dec 7, 2015 | [–]

This Has been on human mind for thousands of years

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%80tman_(Hinduism)

estefan on Dec 15, 2015 | [–]

Call me new fashioned, but I want something backed up by science and research rather than, well, not...

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