Metacognition (Thought of Thought)

from NeurOnFire by Iambic Beats

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lyrics

The human mind is the only thing powerful enough
To question itself
To question the universe
How did we get here?
How comes the world to be here at all?

(How comes the world to be here at all
Instead of the non-entity that might be imagined in its place?
Apart from man
No being wonders at its own existence
When man first becomes conscious
He takes himself for granted
As something needing no explanation
But not for long
For with the rise of the first reflection
That wonder begins which is the mother of metaphysics
That the non-existence of this world
Is just as possible as its existence
The philosophic wonder thus becomes
A sad astonishment
And like the overture of Don Giovanni
Philosophy begins with a minor chord)

(The bodily organ of the mind
Is a thing of physics
That collection of matter
Which is called the brain
In it, mind and matter come together
As far as the mind is concerned
It must be admitted that no study
Of its own operations can give the least inkling
On this question
Any more than a study of the words of a telegram
Would reveal how a wire came to conduct them)

(Matter only exists by contradistinction and opposition to mind
If mind did not exist
Neither would matter)

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from NeurOnFire, released July 25, 2022
Audio from The Mind and the Brain by Alfred Binet
Audio from Brain and Personality: Or, the Physical Relations of the Brain to the Mind

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Iambic Beats Los Angeles, California

We have so many titles. A few of mine are: scientist, poet, writer, singer, mom. I like to think I live at the intersection of music and words and always asking questions. A goddamn lovely place to be.