Yup. He feels it's much more entertaining to just be in there
10:21 PM
The most active are Cerbeloth, Mortem, Ivona and Raphael - as I said the first three because they've got an online social life, and Raphael because I'm currently focusing on forcing him
I really think that having more than one consciousness in the brain changes the way in which mental resources can be distributed. It doesn't 'add' anything or increase the processing power of the brain as a whole, it's more of splitting what's already there
Regardless of the interpretation the bottom line is, if Luke happens to get a chance to act (whenever and however that may be) he prefers doing stuff that's involving Wonderland more than anything related to the real world.
I mean, that would be saying it is the exact same thing as multitasking, which a single consciousness cannot do beyond something that vaguely resembles it, such as driving and singing a song at the same time
You are still describing multitasking. If there is more than one consciousness, they have separate perspectives and thus can experience different things simultaneously
That does not prove that it cannot be done, even in your case. What you did may have been confabulation, but that is because you tried to do something you had not yet worked up the skill to be able to do yet and ended up convincing yourself you were able to do it. With parallel processing you have to start small, if you jump into something as difficult as that right away you'll crash and burn
Anyways, thanks for the talk. As explained, I'll first seek therapy and continue working on switching in the meantime - in case therapy doesn't work, but even if the therapy turns out successful, it might be useful.
Generally speaking, I do agree though: viability of long-term background simulation in wonderland is extremely low and any accounts of it are mostly just confabulation
@Srn347 The brain "multitasking" is simply switching quickly between different tasks - certainly when it comes to focused thought.
10:42 PM
Getting better at "parallel processing" is therefore improving your skill at multitasking to reduce the inefficiency - but it won't be removed entirely.
Why does nobody consider the mechanics of how more than one consciousness may influence brain resource distribution? Everyone speaks as if having more than one consciousness changes nothing
At minimum, 'simultaneous' activity introduces inefficiency, reducing the capability of performing each task. If you are normally performing at 100% when focused on one task, doing two simultaneous tasks would split that up.
10:45 PM
Alright, Abvieon. There is actually quite a simple test that can be done here.
I feel like the rules aren't that simple, at least- rapidly bouncing back and forth doesn't really relate well to my experience in day to day as my host and I are generally both focused/aware for the whole time the other is, and conversations between us follow that same sense of awareness
If you have two fully functional consciousnesses without any reduction in efficiency, you should be able to simultaneously do two math problems that you each find 'difficult but possible' to do mentally, in close to (if not identical to) the same amount of time it would take to do each of them individually.
I mean, I see something as simple as a host and tulpa having a continuous conversation as requiring parallel processing to a small degree. I'd go as far as to say that I cannot see how co-consciousness is even possible without some. If parallel processing did not exist whatsoever, only one systemmate would be able to remain conscious at a time, with the others going unconscious. There may be a difference in how I and others define parallel processing, I don't know
There's also similar issues with things like how your body can limit your sensory input- your eyes can only focus on so much and ears can listen to so much etc
I'm also not suggesting parallel processing doubles your mental overhead, either. But on tasks that require different types of mental processing that don't have other bottlenecks, the tulpa and host will probably be able to do then in parallel :p
I never did claim that being plural increased or added to your brain's abilities. It allows for a different type of division of what already exists.(edited)
However, the test that I was proposing isn't requiring anything particularly special, nor is it requiring any sensory input to be constantly processed.
10:50 PM
Find four math problems you find difficult but possible to do in your head.
Winter, math still requires a lot of sensory input via reading and the issue where even two separate people will have a harder time if someone else is shouting out their own mental process in solving a different math problem
If you are parallel processing to any serious degree, you should (a) finish roughly around the same time and (b) finish faster than it would have taken to do each problem in a row.
Brain=computer
Tulpa/host=Login accounts
You can login to one and do a task, then log back into the other.
It might be fast...but,
You can't login to both at the same time.
-w
I don't think that's the case at all. The time required to process the reading aspect of math can often be just as long as it would take to solve a simple problem.
Additionally, not knowing what a tulpa does in wonderland is often a function of what me/apollo kinda subscribe to- tulpas just going idle when they've convinced themselves they're doing something else
Simple multiplication table problems won't work, but when you get into things such as... let's say 23*104 - this is possible to do in your head, but not possible to instantly know the answer on reading.
10:57 PM
Alternatively then, you could simply read two bits of information, and try to simultaneously store it in active memory.
This could be information that is difficult to memorize, such as a sequence of letters and numbers that is at the limit of the person's recorded active memory.
