There are several different aspects to this that I have different attitudes towards. The multi-agent theory of consciousness is plausible. In fact, it is almost tautological. Any complex object can be considered “multi-agent”. “Agent” is not necessarily identical to “consciousness”. Otherwise, you know, you get homunculus recursion. But there is another side to the issue. The idea “You should force your brain to create new characters. You should mentally talk to these new characters. This will help you solve your psychological problems.” There are not really many logical connections between the first and second. People do often feel better doing this. But people also feel good when they read sci-fi and fantasy. People also feel good when they smoke weed. Personally, this approach stimulates paranoia in me. It seems to me that the modern intellectual part of humanity is abnormally keen on potentially dangerous psychological practices. Such as meditation, lucid dreaming, spiritualistic sessions, channeling, Hellinger constellations. What is the danger of these practices? Well, I have no serious proven grounds for this. Just a hypothetical wave of the hands in the air: “If there really existed some sinister non-human forces that have always secretly manipulated humanity through a system of secret signs, earlier through religions and prophetic dreams, later through abductions and channeling, then the modern fascination of intellectuals with certain things would fit perfectly into this conspiracy scenario.”
There are several different aspects to this that I have different attitudes towards.
The multi-agent theory of consciousness is plausible. In fact, it is almost tautological. Any complex object can be considered “multi-agent”. “Agent” is not necessarily identical to “consciousness”. Otherwise, you know, you get homunculus recursion.
But there is another side to the issue.
The idea “You should force your brain to create new characters. You should mentally talk to these new characters. This will help you solve your psychological problems.”
There are not really many logical connections between the first and second.
People do often feel better doing this. But people also feel good when they read sci-fi and fantasy. People also feel good when they smoke weed.
Personally, this approach stimulates paranoia in me.
It seems to me that the modern intellectual part of humanity is abnormally keen on potentially dangerous psychological practices. Such as meditation, lucid dreaming, spiritualistic sessions, channeling, Hellinger constellations.
What is the danger of these practices? Well, I have no serious proven grounds for this. Just a hypothetical wave of the hands in the air: “If there really existed some sinister non-human forces that have always secretly manipulated humanity through a system of secret signs, earlier through religions and prophetic dreams, later through abductions and channeling, then the modern fascination of intellectuals with certain things would fit perfectly into this conspiracy scenario.”