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Cory Lanker

You're Not a Puppet

The Paradox of Choice in a Deterministic Brain Here's a paradox: If your brain operates deterministically—meaning identical conditions produce identical outcomes—then how can you genuinely choose anything? If you don't make genuine choices, you would be a biological puppet, directed only by the strings

How Consciousness Achieves Permanence

Right now, as you read these words, you know this time point exists, past moments existed, and future moments will exist. But here's the crucial question: what happens to these time points after they occur? The surprising answer challenges everything we assume about time itself. The 4D Theater

The Framework in Five Steps

What if you could relive yesterday with no memory of having lived it before? With identical starting conditions, the day unfolds exactly the same way. This simple conclusion that life events occur deterministically—meaning identical conditions produce identical outcomes—points to something profound about the nature of existence itself. This

Willpower Won't Save You

Willpower won't save you from poor actions ... because it doesn't exist. Yesterday I responded poorly to upsetting news. I'm asking myself if I could have acted better. Couldn't I decide to respond better in the moment? According to this framework I'

Welcome!

Welcome to Conscious Permanence, a scientific framework revealing that every moment of consciousness exists forever. This framework transforms how we understand consciousness, time, and the significance of our daily choices. There are fascinating consequences for habit change, addiction recovery, our relation to others, and how we think about death and