Check this out, relates to the NPC phenom. They actually exist, for reals!
"In 2008 a study was published in the journal Consciousness & Cognition. According to the study, five qualities are present during moments of naturally-occurring inner experience. Five qualities present themselves during such 'Descriptive Experience Sampling' (DES) inner speech, inner seeing, unsymbolized thinking, feelings and sensory awareness. According to the study conducted on just 30 participants "selected from a stratified sample of college students…"
"We found that each of the five phenomena occurred in approximately one quarter of sampled moments, that the frequency of these phenomena varied widely across individuals, that there were no significant gender differences in the relative frequencies of these phenomena, and that higher frequencies of inner speech were associated with lower levels of psychological distress.
"1/3 of the participants had none of the five qualities that represent "inner experience." In addition to inner sensory experience, the lack of "symbolized thinking" is troublesome. Symbolic thought, according to developmental psychologist Jean Piaget, arises first in the preschool years. It involves being able to imitate and imagine, and to extrapolate, extrapolation itself in a sense."
1/3 of the participants had none of the five qualities that represent "inner experience."
Holy jeezus christ.