Doing research on artificial intelligence has got me thinking about thought. What are thoughts? Are they mere electrical impulses, or something deeper? Perhaps thought is one of the basic substances of the universe, more basic than matter or energy. Perhaps matter and energy come into being through the action of thought, rather than the other way around. If this is true, it might open some interesting avenues of inquiry. For instance, how do thoughts connect to one another? Can we program our minds to attract the thoughts we do want and reject the thoughts we don't want? Is "inspiration" the process of being receptive to ideas that are already floating around us? And why do certain types of undesirable thoughts, the kind that lead to conflict and war, appear to be so contagious? Gaining insight into these questions may be more important than many of the other things we spend billions of dollars to study.
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