GReaperEx
GReaperEx t1_je967y2 wrote
Codependency is when a couple (not necessarily a romantic one) depends on one another for their emotional and/or earthly needs.
It's considered unhealthy because we live in an ultra-individualized society, where independence and the selfish desires of the individual are prioritized.
GReaperEx t1_it7li1c wrote
Reply to A new UN report explores how to make human civilization safe from destruction. There’s a way to make civilization extinction-proof. But it won’t be easy. by mossadnik
Abolish Capitalism. That may not fix all of our problems, but it will certainly go a long way.
GReaperEx t1_je97o5b wrote
Reply to Eli5: Where does consiousness come from? by Unknown_Talker9273
Good question.
A somewhat correct but useless answer is that it arises from the complexity of the brain. We have no idea how though.
The philosophical answer is that consciousness arises when the outer is separated from the inner (outer being the world, inner being you) and at the same time when the outer in reflected in the inner (for example, when the brain creates a model of reality inside it). That contradiction between what you think is real and what is actually real, along with the separation of the ego from the whole, is consciousness.