Comments on: Zombies! And The Conscious Minds That Coexist With Them… http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/09/15/zombies-and-the-conscious-minds-that-coexist-with-them/ A blog about life, past and future. Written by DISCOVER contributing editor and columnist Carl Zimmer. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:52:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Caryn Colgan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/09/15/zombies-and-the-conscious-minds-that-coexist-with-them/comment-page-1/#comment-12534 Caryn Colgan Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:52:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/09/15/zombies-and-the-conscious-minds-that-coexist-with-them/#comment-12534 Hi Carl, I really enjoyed your article on the Inner Zombie. For several years I felt a wee bit "crazy" after I experienced an incident while driving my car through a construction zone. My self-aware mind witnessed an event that was not related to the St. Louis highway upon which I was driving yet my " inner zombie" - what I call the body's mind- navigated my car safely. I had absolutely no memory of driving through the construction zone but vivid recall of the event. I was checked medically and there was no evidence of stroke or other anomalous physical activity. I even sought counseling to be sure I wasn't experiencing some bizarre sort of breakdown... though I never felt "crazy". (But then, unstable people probably don't know they are unstable.) That said, I believe I am a reasonably normal person who happened to experience something unusual. Perhaps other people experience similar things but are afraid to discuss it. There is a great deal of "reality" that humans still don't understand and the "inner zombie" may be one of those truths with which we need to make peace. Your article, and the research you compiled, provides a possible explanation for something I've puzzled over for years. Thank you and keep up the good work. Bliss, Caryn Hi Carl,

I really enjoyed your article on the Inner Zombie. For several years I felt a wee bit “crazy” after I experienced an incident while driving my car through a construction zone. My self-aware mind witnessed an event that was not related to the St. Louis highway upon which I was driving yet my ” inner zombie” – what I call the body’s mind- navigated my car safely. I had absolutely no memory of driving through the construction zone but vivid recall of the event.

I was checked medically and there was no evidence of stroke or other anomalous physical activity. I even sought counseling to be sure I wasn’t experiencing some bizarre sort of breakdown… though I never felt “crazy”. (But then, unstable people probably don’t know they are unstable.) That said, I believe I am a reasonably normal person who happened to experience something unusual. Perhaps other people experience similar things but are afraid to discuss it.

There is a great deal of “reality” that humans still don’t understand and the “inner zombie” may be one of those truths with which we need to make peace.

Your article, and the research you compiled, provides a possible explanation for something I’ve puzzled over for years. Thank you and keep up the good work.

Bliss,
Caryn

]]> By: Brian Schmidt http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/09/15/zombies-and-the-conscious-minds-that-coexist-with-them/comment-page-1/#comment-9658 Brian Schmidt Sun, 21 Sep 2008 05:42:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/09/15/zombies-and-the-conscious-minds-that-coexist-with-them/#comment-9658 I'm curious whether the inner zombie can explain the feeling that I've forgotten something, or better still the after-the-fact recognition that something had felt off prior to realizing that I'd forgotten something. This might be testable in a lab situation. I’m curious whether the inner zombie can explain the feeling that I’ve forgotten something, or better still the after-the-fact recognition that something had felt off prior to realizing that I’d forgotten something.

This might be testable in a lab situation.

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