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Unresolvable human mental states based on a parallel universe theory

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Changsoo Shin, Wansoo Ha, Wookeen Chung, Sunyoung Park

Neurons and Cognition · Submitted 18 Aug 2014

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The authors' main claim We show that human mental states are unresolvable by suggesting a mathematical function that describes human mental states in relation to parallel universe theory.

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arXiv ID1408.3878 (version 1)
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CitationChangsoo Shin, Sunyoung Park, Wansoo Ha, Wookeen Chung. "Unresolvable human mental states based on a parallel universe theory." arXiv:1408.3878 (2014). https://pith.science/paper/5LMFURAN
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We show that human mental states are unresolvable by suggesting a mathematical function that describes human mental states in relation to parallel universe theory. The function is a solution to a multi-dimensional advection equation; representing a situation a person is faced with, and its time-derivative showing the mental state in that situation. This function has interesting characteristics that explain why each person has different thoughts in a particular situation. Because the multi-dimensional advection equation has an infinite number of solutions, we can use them to represent an infinite number of mental states. We focus on the basic concepts of the model and explain the function using extremely simple cases. We also use the functions to explain remembering and forgetting.

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s0 We show that human mental states are unresolvable by suggesting a mathematical function that describes human mental states in relation to parallel universe theory. contribution 0.69 0.89 0.93 asserted 0.97
s1 The function is a solution to a multi-dimensional advection equation; representing a situation a person is faced with, and its time-derivative showing the mental state in that situation. method 0.91 0.81 0.06 asserted 1.00
s2 This function has interesting characteristics that explain why each person has different thoughts in a particular situation. interpretation 0.86 0.69 0.06 asserted 0.97
s3 Because the multi-dimensional advection equation has an infinite number of solutions, we can use them to represent an infinite number of mental states. interpretation 0.46 0.65 0.14 asserted 0.69
s4 We focus on the basic concepts of the model and explain the function using extremely simple cases. method 0.72 0.84 0.03 asserted 0.90
s5 We also use the functions to explain remembering and forgetting. contribution 0.83 0.86 0.03 asserted 0.99

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We show that human mental states are unresolvable by suggesting a mathematical function that describes human mental states in relation to parallel universe theory. The function is a solution to a multi-dimensional advection equation; representing a situation a person is faced with, and its time-derivative showing the mental state in that situation. This function has interesting characteristics that explain why each person has different thoughts in a particular situation. Because the multi-dimensional advection equation has an infinite number of solutions, we can use them to represent an infinite number of mental states. We focus on the basic concepts of the model and explain the function using extremely simple cases. We also use the functions to explain remembering and forgetting.

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