We don't understand anything about ourselves

Do you think you have a good understanding of yourself? You are completely wrong. Scientists claim we are completely unaware of who we are. Most things that promote behavior and form human character are subconscious.

How well do you understand yourself?

The nature of awareness has long been distracting by scientists, but a new study has gained consensus among the scientific community.

If you imagine the human brain is a collection of different computers, each performing its own complex functions and processes, then the perception is like a Wi-Fi network that integrates activities. computers, so that they can coordinate with each other, Ezequiel Morsella, psychologist at Yale University, USA, explains.

For example, if you are placing a plate of hot food on a table, one of your brain's computers will tell you to put it down because it is burning the skin, while another computer tells you to keep it intact. eating does not spill onto the floor. Then, the brain needs the Wi-Fi network of awareness to help computers interact with each other, analyze things and decide what you do.

" So when you have to act, awareness only glides on the surface. The majority of our motivating behavior lies in the inner neural network. This network is not easily penetrated through failure. think consciously, "said Joseph LeDoux, neuroscientist at New York University.

" The daily thought of self and its control over our behavior is completely wrong, just like the thought of this earth is flattened, " Morsella acknowledged. Even if we consider ourselves as independent entities, it is in fact not. Everything we do is affected by subconscious processes and the surrounding environment.

For example, while we can understand some of our impulses, we do not know the process of creating those promptings. " My eyes were just past the picture of a hamburger in a magazine, and a few minutes later, I had this urge," Morsella said. " We don't know the evolutionary origins of so many behaviors."

Sometimes we don't even recognize our urge. For example, it is no coincidence that many men named "Ken" moved to live in Kentucky and those named 'Florences' moved to Florida. Similarly, people named 'Dennis' are more likely to be dentists and "Lauras" become lawyers.

According to John Bargh, a psychologist at Yale University, these surprising results are rooted in the evolutionary dynamics that make us attracted to similarities with us - a source of impulse The idea that we should relate to people like us, because they will have the same genome as us and help pass on to the next generation.

Of course almost none of us realize this urge. "It is a subconscious influence, because no one is saying that because of the coincidence in the name that makes them important decisions in such a life," Bargh said.

Considering the limited role of consciousness in forming our behavior and personality, as well as the complexity of other systems affecting people, it's hard to understand why we are we are today.