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You're welcome! Similar concepts have been around since Descartes or earlier. What has amazed me is how many puzzling human behaviors are explained by the concept of the presence of another entity in our brains: Sleepwalking, deja vu, hypnic jerks, AHA moments, multiple personalities, automaticity, bipolar disorder, alcoholic relapse, "The Zone," Stockholm syndrome, DPDR, etc.

Grok：はい、まさにその通りです。 読めるのに話せない（または話そうとすると止まる）のは、自動化（automaticity）が不足している典型的な症状なんですよ。 なぜそうなるか読む：主に宣言的記憶（知っている知識）を使う。ゆっくり考えながら処理できる。 話す：手続き的記憶（体が勝手に動くレベル）が必要。文法を考えたり単語を探したりする余裕がほとんどない。 つまり、頭の中では「わかる」けど、口が自動で出てこない状態です。 車の運転と同じで、最初は一つ一つ操作を確認しながらやるけど、慣れたら無意識で運転できるようになる。 あの「無意識レベル」まで持っていくのが自動化です。

Classic case of automaticity, also see Ivan Lester McGuire for another example.

The gold standard was not an automatic mechanism of stability. It was an automatic mechanism of austerity. Gold convertibility did not prevent economic imbalances. It forced adjustment onto workers, debtors, and businesses whenever gold reserves came under pressure. Trade deficits, banking panics, or capital outflows could trigger higher interest rates, credit contraction, falling prices, rising unemployment, and business failures. The system's "discipline" was simply the inability of governments to respond. The Bank of England's repeated rate hikes during the 19th century were not evidence of a self-correcting system. They were discretionary interventions designed to defend gold reserves, often at the expense of domestic economic activity. The supposed automaticity of the gold standard depended on central banks actively managing interest rates and financial conditions. The claim that long-run price stability proves success ignores the enormous short-run instability experienced by ordinary people. Prices may have been roughly unchanged between 1821 and 1914, but that period contained repeated financial crises, banking panics, recessions, and prolonged episodes of deflation. Stable prices over ninety years meant little to a farmer or worker facing bankruptcy during a depression. The famous specie-flow mechanism was also far less elegant in practice than in theory. Adjustment did not occur through frictionless price changes. It occurred through declining wages, falling incomes, unemployment, migration, and financial distress. Gold flows did not magically coordinate economies. They transmitted shocks across them. The collapse of the gold standard was not the result of governments rejecting "sound money." It was the result of societies refusing to tolerate mass unemployment and economic contraction in order to maintain a fixed gold parity. During crises, governments repeatedly discovered that preserving employment, financial stability, and social order mattered more than preserving convertibility. The real lesson of monetary history is not that money should be tied to gold. It is that economies are too complex to be governed by the availability of a precious metal. Modern monetary systems emerged because democratic societies demanded the capacity to stabilize output, support employment, and respond to crises rather than allowing economic policy to be dictated by the contents of a vault.

I think FFXII is a refinement of FFXI’s system but I get what you mean about automaticity. I think you should really try XI if that’s the case.

My new addiction: Building neural pathways for micro mechanics (procedures/movements/actions) & then myelinating them. I want to myelinate as many micro dynamics as possible. Basically training absolute precision and automaticity in the most awkward- low tolerance matters. The more awkward the situation, the better it is. In fact, I really think I can bend myelination to my will. Just like you can automate how to play Rocket League or the Guitar (through myelination), I think you can also myelinate new ways of thinking. I gotta apply myelination more generally. I have to myelinate new ways of thinking born of demanding circumstances. I gotta myelinate as much as I can...

Grok：はい、その通りです。 多くの人が「毎日勉強してるのに話せない」と感じる主な理由は、学習の順番ではなく、知識の自動化（automaticity）が不足している点にあります。 文法や単語を理解していても、頭の中で「組み立てて」話そうとすると遅くなり、会話が詰まります。 これが自動化されると、無意識にスラスラ出てくるようになります。 自動化とは？意識的な知識 → 無意識のスキルへの移行。 第二言語習得論（SLA）でよく言われる「自動化モデル」では、ルール（文法など）を学んだ後、繰り返し練習して「自動的に」使えるようにするプロセスです。 子供が母語を習得するように、大量の模倣・反復で脳が予測・出力・フィードバックを連動させるのが効果的。

Grok：はい、その通りです。 英語が「話せない」主な原因は、マインドブロック（心理的障壁）ではなく、自動化（automaticity）が不足していることです。これは言語習得のメカニズムとして非常に重要なポイントです。 なぜ自動化が鍵か　脳の処理レベルが違う 初心者〜中級者は、話そうとするときに「文法を思い浮かべる → 単語を選ぶ → 発音を調整する」という**意識的な制御（declarative knowledge）**をやっています。これが遅くて不自然になる。 ネイティブや上級者は、これが**自動化（procedural knowledge）**されています。 考えなくても口から出てくる状態。まさに運転やピアノと同じで、反復練習で脳の回路が効率化された結果です。 マインドブロック（不安、恥ずかしさ、完璧主義など）は確かに存在しますが、それは自動化が進んでいないからこそ強くなる二次的な問題であるケースが非常に多いです。 自動化が進むと自信がつき、ブロックも自然に小さくなっていきます。

Students have their phones and screens. The teachers and admin rationalize their failure to teach basic arithmetic because they’re also so innumerate they can’t reckon the opportunities that are lost when students lack automaticity in basic computation. The schools are kneecapping the kids financially, let alone in terms of STEM careers. Thank God for @sharemath and his series. youteachyou.org/?srsltid=Afm…

You nailed the physiology perfectly. The intrinsic automaticity of the SA node is a literal built-in survival mechanism. It is fascinating that the heart acts as an independent contractor as long as it gets its oxygen. Do you see a lot of interesting cardiac cases in your daily nursing practice?

B) Heart ❤️ The heart has its own electrical system - the Sinoatrial (SA) node - which generates impulses intrinsically, without any input from the brain. This is why:- In brain death, the heart can still beat We need cardiorespiratory criteria brain criteria separately A brain-dead patient is NOT the same as cardiac death This is also why heart transplants work - the donor heart keeps beating in a new body with zero brain connection. This is called cardiac automaticity and it's why brain death declaration requires an apnea test absent brainstem reflexes, not just a flatline ECG. Follow For More, I'll Connect To Everyone whoever follows 💯🫂 Let's Grow together 💪

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Here is an AI answer that I massaged in order to make a point about rote - the primary reason for the decline: the "Enjoyment" Trap: The insistence that kids need to "enjoy learning" at every step has led to curricula that prioritize engagement activities over the rigorous, repetitive practice required for mastery. While engagement is valuable, academics often mistake entertainment for learning. Ignoring the Foundation: By rejecting rote learning entirely, schools often skip the automaticity phase. Just as a musician cannot improvise without scales, a student cannot solve complex algebra if they are still counting on their fingers, nor can they comprehend a text if they are still laboriously decoding every word. Evidence of Failure: Recent analyses show that states and districts that have returned to phonics-based instruction (which relies heavily on rote decoding practice) and explicit math drills are seeing improvements, while those sticking to purely "conceptual" or "inquiry-based" methods continue to struggle

C) Heart The heart has its own built-in electrical system. Specialized pacemaker cells in the SA node generate spontaneous impulses even without signals from the brain. That’s why a heart can continue beating for a short time after being removed from the body, as long as it still has enough oxygen and energy stores. Fun fact: This property is called automaticity—one of the most fascinating features of human physiology. 🫀⚡

C) Heart The heart has its own built-in electrical pacemaker system (especially the SA node). These cells can generate spontaneous impulses automatically called automaticity. So even outside the body, if oxygen and nutrients are supplied, the heart can continue beating on its own for some time.

The intrinsic automaticity of the SA node is a true marvel of human physiology. Since you brought up ex vivo preservation, I have a follow-up question for you: What is your take on the newer heart-in-a-box (warm perfusion) technology versus traditional cold storage for extending that time limit?