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> The idea that the "self" is a process rather than a thing, which is basically what this claimed "new scientific discovery" amounts to, is actually not new to
by golemotron 3y ago
> The idea that the "self" is a process rather than a thing, which is basically what this claimed "new scientific discovery" amounts to, is actually not new to cognitive science.
It definitely isn't new. Humans reify reflexively. A more straight-forward HN-friendly example is infinity -- it's a process (algorithm) that we treat like a number.
- xvedejas 3y agoAll numbers are just processes we treat like a number. "Four" is not a "real thing", it's a mental model / description that sometimes applies to real things; infinity too.
- golemotron 3y agoThanks. Reification again.
- smegsicle 3y agoyou keep using that word
- slowmovintarget 3y agoClojure programmers are welcome here.
- falcor84 3y agoThat is indeed the right word - the way that we "concretize" processes into objects. See in particular Anna Sfard's papers on this, e.g. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226161879_The_Gains_and_the_Pitfalls_of_Reification_-_The_Case_of_Algebra/link/553f6ad50cf2574dcf628289/download https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226161879_The_Gains...