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<blockquote data-quote="GGWP" data-source="post: 29269" data-attributes="member: 93">There is an emerging trend of labeling people as &#039;NPCs&#039;, however it is to such a point that even people considered typical and well-adjusted would consider themself a sort of fringe outcast and label everybody else as an NPC. In short, everybody wants to be special and they all think they&#039;re the main character.I could hypothesize why one could make the case that certain groups are more &#039;sentient&#039; than others based on certain brain microbiomes promoting conscious awareness or perhaps certain brain structures nudge individuals into divergent actions/thought patterns, but I wouldn&#039;t call this &#039;more sentient/conscious&#039;. In the first place what does it mean to be &#039;more conscious&#039;? Is a duck, insect or tree less conscious than a human? I think it is just a different mode of consciousness, if anything. They have different sensory organs and methods of processing. To portray humans as &#039;more conscious&#039; is pure anthropocentrism unless you believe that consciousness is extra-dimensional. To portray yourself as &#039;more conscious&#039;, I think, is a method of self-deception, it is intended as an anxiety-suppression mechanism. One can say that others are &#039;NPCs&#039; and immediately this eliminates mental burdens by reducing the perceived level of importance given to interactions with others, rebuffing the ego as an aside - you proclaim that you are a unique thinker, an evolutionary catch! It is a method of keeping stability for those with strong pride and ego. For people that find it hard to interact with others, it&#039;s a method to reduce perceived loss.The whole concept of a &#039;chosen one&#039; and &#039;main character&#039; is self-serving and trite but it&#039;s ubiquitous in media, in modern times especially this solipsism is baked in by necessity as characters are expressly written with different tiers of complexity to fit the plot. I believe that the effect is more potent in those who scarce interact with others, their internal world is magnified as it is the only significant meta-reality they are frequently in contact with; they do not have the opportunity to peer into the lives of others and dissect their motivations and so falsely exalt their own as unique. This is especially potent in zoomers and perhaps even more so in younger generations as they are the most atomized, lonely and enveloped in hyper-reality, and the media they consume is less concerned with group empathy and more entwined with solipsistic imagery.Do you believe in the existence of &#039;NPCs&#039;/&#039;Hylics&#039;/&#039;Automata&#039; and that other people are &#039;less conscious&#039;? If so, why?
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[QUOTE="GGWP, post: 29269, member: 93"] There is an emerging trend of labeling people as 'NPCs', however it is to such a point that even people considered typical and well-adjusted would consider themself a sort of fringe outcast and label everybody else as an NPC. In short, everybody wants to be special and they all think they're the main character. I could hypothesize why one could make the case that certain groups are more 'sentient' than others based on certain brain microbiomes promoting conscious awareness or perhaps certain brain structures nudge individuals into divergent actions/thought patterns, but I wouldn't call this 'more sentient/conscious'. In the first place what does it mean to be 'more conscious'? Is a duck, insect or tree less conscious than a human? I think it is just a different mode of consciousness, if anything. They have different sensory organs and methods of processing. To portray humans as 'more conscious' is pure anthropocentrism unless you believe that consciousness is extra-dimensional. To portray yourself as 'more conscious', I think, is a method of self-deception, it is intended as an anxiety-suppression mechanism. One can say that others are 'NPCs' and immediately this eliminates mental burdens by reducing the perceived level of importance given to interactions with others, rebuffing the ego as an aside - you proclaim that you are a unique thinker, an evolutionary catch! It is a method of keeping stability for those with strong pride and ego. For people that find it hard to interact with others, it's a method to reduce perceived loss. The whole concept of a 'chosen one' and 'main character' is self-serving and trite but it's ubiquitous in media, in modern times especially this solipsism is baked in by necessity as characters are expressly written with different tiers of complexity to fit the plot. I believe that the effect is more potent in those who scarce interact with others, their internal world is magnified as it is the only significant meta-reality they are frequently in contact with; they do not have the opportunity to peer into the lives of others and dissect their motivations and so falsely exalt their own as unique. This is especially potent in zoomers and perhaps even more so in younger generations as they are the most atomized, lonely and enveloped in hyper-reality, and the media they consume is less concerned with group empathy and more entwined with solipsistic imagery. [B][I][FONT=trebuchet ms][COLOR=rgb(251, 160, 38)]Do you believe in the existence of 'NPCs'/'Hylics'/'Automata' and that other people are 'less conscious'? If so, why?[/COLOR][/FONT][/I][/B] [CENTER] [ATTACH type="full" width="500px" alt="NPC.jpg"]3938[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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