Mind Science

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[2] viXra:2304.0026 [pdf] submitted on 2023-04-03 23:50:10

Towards the Physical Description of an Imagined Object

Authors: Arturo Tozzi
Comments: 7 Pages.

Visual imagery (VI) is the mental experience of objects in the absence of their corresponding visual stimuli. Asking whether mental images can be physically quantified, we seek for relationships between visual imagery and special relativity. The Einstein’s account states that, by an observer’s standpoint, an object traveling at light speed is subjected to time dilation and length contraction. We hypothesize that objects are contracted both in the physical framework of Einstein’s relativity due to the light speed, and in the mental framework of VI due to the dilated perception of time. Since the duration of thoughts can be experienced as progressively prolonged, we conjecture, in touch with Einstein’s account, that the VI content must consist of objects undergoing length contraction. In the VI dilated mental time, the object might be experienced as more squeezed than the real object. Our calculations based on Einstein’s equations predict that the longer an object is imagined, the more it is experienced as contracted until it disappears from consciousness. In touch with our hypothesis, review of published data provides evidence that distance estimates are shortened during VI. We suggest to evaluate VI in experimental settings where time is perceived as dilated, such as dreams, hypnosis and opioids intake. While the physical account of Einstein’s special relativity is framed on invariant quantities such as the light speed, the mental experience of VI could be framed on non-invariant quantities, namely, quantities that change according to the subjective standpoint of the observer.
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[1] viXra:2304.0018 [pdf] submitted on 2023-04-02 04:27:58

Heretofore Unrecognized Type of Pain Signals from Large Colon May Form Common Link Between Belligerent Behavior Associated with Consumption of Brown Liquors, Colic-Associated Dystemperament, Violence in ASD and Irritability in PMS

Authors: Simon Edwards
Comments: 3 Pages.

Colic-Associated Dystemperament has long been attributed to an emotional reaction to chronic pain rather than what this author believes is responsible: A direct effect of a nerve signal similar to pain that has singular effects upon neural function which, although it is often sent alongside pain signals, may be conveyed to the brain even in the absence of pain signals. While it may be possible that this phenomenon can be explained by the brain gradually changing the way it handles pain signals, I would posit that the pain signals themselves morph with time due to chemical exhaustion of the mitochondria of the cells that make the electrically-active reflector molecules that, when released, cause electrical signals to be bounced back to the brain, leading to the perception of pain. Metabolic exhaustion of the nerve cells in the case of chronic pain result in shortcuts being taken in their manufacturing process, leading to structural changes to the "reflector molecules" resulting in a return signal that is qualitatively different than a traditional pain signal. These signals electrically cue one to become instantly enraged regardless of the actual duration of the pain. Pain signals originating from these "deformed reflectors," rather than having the effects associated with pain e.g. capturing attention and distracting focus away from other tasks, crying for help, and disrupting motor function to prevent further injury, instead provoke extreme anger.
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