Where did “we” come from? How did our self-consciousness come to be? This great mystery has puzzled scientists for centuries. Applying representative cognitive behavioral experiments, this study proposes the Mirror-Induced Origination Hypothesis and further conducts a thought experiment to demonstrate that the brain’s conscious reaction was induced in humans’ animal ancestor to undergo illusory...
Where did “we” come from? How did our self-consciousness come to be? This great mystery has puzzled philosophers and scientists for thousands of years. This study applies cognitive-behavioral experiments and deductive reasoning to demonstrate that the brain’s conscious reaction was induced in the animal ancestor of humans to undergo continuous, leap-like changes under the repetitive stimulation...