Humanity and software architecture have something in common
We're new software (conciousness) deployed over the top of old firmware (animalistic urges) and we're all trying to work through the bugs in the code (dealing with the fight between the two).
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Technical debtLizard brainI think / hope the brain is just a receiver and our body is a remote controlled avatar with some basic autonomy built in.
So if the connection is bad or something urgent happens that needs fast reactions the avatar does it.
Examples: Reflexes, thinking about something in car and arriving at home without remembering driving. Schizophrenia could be a broken receiver that also receives commands and thoughts from someone else. Alien hand syndrome could be similar.
NDE could be temporary complete connection loss.
I hope for this because it would allow a (technical) explanation for a life after death
Software using really old libraries.
I told you already, Friedrich, there is no ubermensch! Have you ever considered what your (non-ideological) wants would be without this "old firmware". You can't disconnect from nor transcend the human condition, you can just learn to better tame some sides of yourself and push others to flourish.