I remember at a really young age having random thoughts like "what would life be like if I were never born". Do you think this is the beginning of consciousness? Anyone have similar experiences?
Hard to say, consciousness is such a weird topic and I feel like everyones definition of it is somewhat different because of personal experiences but I remember thinking for the first time about all the time that has passed before I was actually born and was able to have a memory of things. Crazy to think
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Yeah I thought about things like this at quite a young age as well. In preschool/kindergarten and early elementary school I'd watch science documentaries on synesthesia and the mind and things like this and my parents were never interested in my autistic ramblings about them afterwords.
Sometimes I feel like when I learn new things I've always known them but have only acquired the words to describe them, when it comes to philosophy.