We all perceive ourselves as the main character, and that leads some people to think bad accidents won’t happen to them
We actually are the main character. We can only perceive the universe through the data our senses collect. We are each a ghost trapped in a meat sack, standing on a rock, hurtling through the universe. You are wholly incapable of seeing the universe through someone else’s perspective. The best you can do is analyze the data you’ve collected through your own senses and try to guess what someone else is experiencing.
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This. Don’t ever let anyone ever convince you that you’re an NPC in your life. You may not be someone else’s main character, but that’s okay. You are yours.
~Believe me when I say there is nothing more debilitating than losing your sense of self in your life.~
You never know if the other people are as consiuos as you and nobody can prove it. It is possible that you are the only one in the universe with a consious mind.
Is it solipsistic in here, or is it just me?
This might all be a simulation.
So one of my favorite books is Ender’s Game (fuck the author though). Which makes Ender the main charecter. But another one by him that I also really love is Ender’s shadow. Where it takes on of the lesser characters and makes them the main charecter.
So, we all are the main character. Just depends on the perspective.
I also love Ender’s Game and Ender’s Shadow. Shame about the authour. Point of view sequels are great. I’ve been reading a great fanfiction retelling the Harry Potter books from Hermione’s point of view, six books are out so far
I think it’s clear by the end of Ender’s Game that Ender was never the main character (his realization of that drives a lot of his character development in the following books). And Bean is not really the main character in that part of the story either, just someone much smarter who better understands what’s going on and who the real players are.
Well yeah. Not THE main charecter. But my point was to say your the main character of A story
Exactly! His main-character-itis is an issue
It’s probably a feature that benefits the species.
It doesn’t have to benefit the individual sheeples.
I haven’t died yet.
Therefore: I AM IMMORTAL!
Brb, I’m gonna sit under a tent that says “PROVE ME WRONG” so I can debate people.
Well if someone really wants to prove you wrong, they can shoot you
Who says you are not?
Quantum immortality is crackpot quantum woo pseudoscience.
Yes, of course it is. That is why I commented it on a crackpot shower though with a related subject.
I think that’s how human brains be. We’re already notoriously bad at correctly accounting for low-risk events (eg the lottery). Plus being constantly aware of the full myriad of threats we face would probably be debilitating.
If you haven’t had or seen a kind of accident your brain probably sees no compelling reason to account for it. My partner was lax about flu shots until she started working at a funeral home and saw how many people of all ages die of the flu. Now it’s a threat she has the awareness to accurately account for.
This hit me right in the face 2 years ago when my brother died running an Ironman. Not long after, my best friend died of stage 4 cancer. I’m about to turn 50, and im kinda freaking out…
The longer you live, the more death you see. I’ve had my own surprise passings of close friends and relatives. It just reminds me to appreciate what’s around you while it’s there. Nothing is forever.
“we all”??? you clearly seem to lol
OTOH I surely am the main character of my own life. I guess there’s different ways of interpreting that phrase. I don’t think I have so-called main character syndrome.
I dunno, i just dont see it that way. im an organism who experiences the world from my own perspective but i understand nothing about that makes my perspective special. the only extra duty i have is to care for myself because i am myself and im the best one for the job, most of the time. maybe i did have ego death or something?? i dunno, i never thought about it as being the main character or side character. when i see the ilk of Elon Musk talking about things like NPCs it just blows my mind how … “single-minded” people can be.
i see your mind and i know it is part of me but the paradox is that upon recognizing that your single-mindedness is part of me, i cease being single-minded
My username comes from “pemptagonist,” the fifth most important character in a play (after protagonist, deuteragonist, etc). I thought it was funny, but maybe there’s something in that because I don’t trust my luck one bit.
Sounds like plain old stupidity to me. Unwillingness to learn. Often stronger in “main character syndrome” people than in others. I guess Darwinism will sort it out.
Some people are more reckless and others more fearful. Both can be productive, but it’s wiser (as it usually is), to pull yourself towards the middle.
So, it may seem like tragedies happen just to other people.
Of course you are the protagonist of your life, but the chances are, you’re still “other people” to other people.
