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I do not experience anything quite like that, but it reminded me of how the two hemispheres of our brains are like two separate entities that work together*. In my case the cooperation/communication between the two is mostly at a subconscious level, but I could see how it could rise to a more conscious level in some folks so that you can actually perceive two "entities". Do a web search for Divided Consciousness, it seems similar to what you describe.
*Look up Callosal Syndrome to see extreme examples of this.
There are no solutions, only trade-offs. - Thomas Sowell
A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.
- Calvin (Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes)
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How do you know we aren't all Scout's and CodeProject isn't just a figment of your imagination?
Maybe I'm simply the "Scout" telling you to add curly braces to your single-line if-statements 
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i can tell you that the nothing i am now owes a lot to the nothings i invented in childhood 
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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That reminds me of a Robert Fulghum book. 
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I kind of envy you. Mine just tells me "Why did you say that stupid thing 20 years ago".
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Mine does that too. 
If only it was as good at math as it was stoking my anxiety.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I do not have something like this, but I can clearly remember the day (I was 7) when suddenly lots of things became clear at once. It was like a switch, like I was struck by a lightning bolt or something similar - it just when like "snap", and then I could understand many many things more easier than I used to. Like coming out of mist.
It is probably all existing in my head and never happened, but it is my deepest childhood memory - I do not remember anything much from my childhood apart from this, and that I have been a very happy child.
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Rage wrote: I do not remember anything much from my childhood apart from this, and that I have been a very happy child.
Envy mode on 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I realized (decided?) early there was no St. Nick and all that it implied by extension and had Catholic angst for the next xx years until I overcame it with Zen. I sat up all that night staring into the abyss.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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Is that your earliest memory? Or just a milestone memory?
I remember one time I was stuck in a weird state while falling asleep. My brain had disconnected my motor system for some heavy dreaming, but then my conscious mind did not relinquish control. I was stuck in a place where I could not move for 5-10 minutes, but I was awake. I could not even open my eyes. It was almost scary, but I was too comfortable to be scared.
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The earliest, and one of the single ones. I have no long-term emotional memory but for a few exceptions, e.g. the only thing I know from my not so recent past are things that were told me so often now that I know they probably took place, but I cannot remember them, not in the same way I remember what I did this morning.
I know things from the past that I learned, but not the ones I experienced. I have no memory of my childhood, previous jobs, children when they were little, my wedding, etc... But I know that I had earlier jobs and what I did there, that my children are indeed my children, etc...
What you experienced could be self-hypnosis, ticks all the marks. I never experienced that myself, sounds weird but fun
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I find that the smart and brilliant ones tend to have the ability to see and argue all sides of an issue.
In my case, it allows me to simultaneously work out different parts of a problem or architecture, and run failure scenarios.
Once, when I needed some anti-depression medication for a short time, it quieted the extra dialog, and my productivity and ability to solve problems plummeted.
Now I embrace being a multi-threaded processor.
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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Mine is mostly there just to give me contra's or to find errors.
The solutions have to be made by my concious me and sometimes I can't manage to find the way to do something I am pretty sure it is possible, the only thing I am sure about is the 23 wrong ways to try it.
It can be very frustrating and on the same time, very easy to make enemies at work.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Message Closed
modified 15-May-23 19:06pm.
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I am not Jewish, for the record. I just really like Rabbi Twerski, whom I used to listen to periodically before he died. Clever guy.
As far as the pronunciation of Shalom, I am not sure.
You might ask Daniel Pfeffer, as he posted earlier on this thread. I think he would know.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
modified 20-Feb-23 13:28pm.
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Member 14968771 wrote: how do you pronounce Shalom ?
Is it SCHALOM or SCHOLOM ?
It depends. Askenazi (most European Jews) pronunciation differs from Sefaradi (descendants of the Jews expelled from Spain in 1492) pronunciation.
Ashkenazi Jews would say SCHOLOM or SCHOLEM
Sefaradi Jews would say SCHALOM.
The Sefaradi pronunciation has been almost universally accepted in Israel.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Your subconscious continues in the background and slowly surfaces some of it. Deja vu.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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When I have a problem that my conscious mind can't solve, I set it aside and do something unrelated. I often get the answer popping up while working on the second task.
Note quite the same as your named alter ego, but still evidence of multi-tasking.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Sure, most of us can multitask. It's just the way I do it is weird, or rather was.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Ditto. Sometimes, I use it like counting sheep, when going to sleep. Doing linked lists goes to ZZZZZ.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Yes. This, too, is my number 1 go-to for burned-out, stymied, stumped situations.
Distraction, seems to release the knot. Not always, but most of the time.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Terry Pratchett - "Maskerade", she had it too.
The only voice in my head is my wife telling me I did it wrong.
Granny Wetherwax
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I now feel disadvantaged, I have only a single stream in my head and am thankful for that- two of me on the inside would just be terrifying.
Damn, having someone/thing to help out with the tricky issues would have made life a lot simpler.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Sure thing.
It's called the default mode network. I've personified mine as a piano player, but he frowns when I try to name him and I respect that. Nice guy, helps me out a lot.
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It's called your subconscious. We all have it; nothing remarkable about it at all.
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