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Yes the "self" is an illusion, but at least for me, there's an emergent illusion/whatever of "hey im inside this head looking out", which we claim arises from a
by zzzeek 3y ago
Yes the "self" is an illusion, but at least for me, there's an emergent illusion/whatever of "hey im inside this head looking out", which we claim arises from a physical brain structure. if this structure were divided in some way, does my current "self" vanish and two new consciousnesses arise? do those new consciousnesses have memory, so one is on one side of the room, the other is on the other ? at what point is my current "self" no longer viable such that it vanishes?
edit: looks like HN is throttling me again. hmm but not edits. well that's fun
- tomrod 3y agoWeird. Your comment came through just fine. I see your thought on emergence of self. Almost like self is equivalent to consciousness. Without a notion of self, you are part of a larger system with will. Stemming the claim that there is no free will, I know the argument, but don't agree to it as what we observe (that people make choices at least some of the time) goes against claimed theory (that our choices are random chemistry-driven outcomes based on state of the world). I'm not terribly deep in the area, though, and welcome correction or thoughts.