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You push a cup on a table.

The cup moved because your arm hit it with force in a specific direction.

Your arm moved because of electrical signals sent to the arm.

Electrical signals were sent through the arm because of electrical signals in the brain.

Where do the electrical signals in the brain come from, why are they originated, and how are they originated (physical mechanism that triggers this chain reaction)?

Can thoughts literally pop up without without a cause? What is step one of every interaction you have with reality?

SARGE 2y ago

Our thoughts come from our influences, (who/what we voluntarily choose to interact with and who/what we involuntarily experience) and the environment around us. We can also choose to be introspective to bring certain thoughts about on our own accord, as well as choose which thoughts to dwell on and which to dismiss.

We experience something through 1 or more of our senses, which triggers a thought. On the flip side, we can also choose to be introspective in our time alone (without a direct influence) and we can go off searching for things/topics to think about, because we were created to be thinking, rational and conscious beings.

Now if you want to get into the thoughts that don’t come from us and that are completely irrational/unnatural, that’s a whole different conversation…

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Force2B 2y ago

I was talking more in the physics realm, where does that 1st electrical signal in each chain reaction originate from, how does it go from nothing to something?

Mind bending to thing about

SARGE 2y ago

Gotcha. I consider physics to fall under that umbrella too, since it was also created. But yeah, we are very complex beings, no doubt!