It seems to me like we know more about something far like celestial bodies than we do of our own mind. Why is that?
In: Biology
The very short version is that it is very complicated and that it is difficult for us to analyse ourself. Analysing the brain is really only getting started. It consists of unimaginable amounts of neurons (basically the cells that send and receive signals in the brain) and fully understanding it like that is very difficult and time consuming.
Analysing our mind (so your thoughts, feelings, emotions, instincts) is difficult too. Anything analysing itself is difficult. Because it becomes very hard to know where you’re just misunderstanding something. Your own biases might make it so you don’t see the bias. To analyse your thoughts, you have to think about them, it’s difficult to recognize where your thinking is “flawed” or not logical, because that makes your analysis also “flawed” and illogical.
It can be tricky to wrap your head around. And it’s difficult to explain.
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