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Douglas Hofstader called it self-referential processes.
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How do we even KNOW we're self-aware?
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Hank
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7/19/2007 8:45:07 PM
Odd you haven't commented on SDAI's post to you over on Off Topic
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Lindy
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7/21/2007 3:29:52 AM
Perhaps....
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Raoul
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7/21/2007 8:06:25 PM
That forum doesn't pose any questions...
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Hank
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7/21/2007 11:40:34 AM
re: That forum doesn't pose any questions...
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Lindy
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7/21/2007 3:07:14 PM
Allow me to respectfully disagree.
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Hank
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7/21/2007 3:51:24 PM
Very good, Hank! Lots to think about!
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Raoul
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7/20/2007 8:47:27 PM
Je pense...donc je suis. n/t
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Ken Murphy
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7/20/2007 3:41:14 AM
Well..
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FrankC
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7/20/2007 12:29:55 AM
Douglas Hofstader called it self-referential processes.
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Hank
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7/20/2007 12:40:58 AM
Self-contradicting question.
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TB
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7/19/2007 11:36:22 PM
re: Self-contradicting question.
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Hank
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7/20/2007 12:26:38 AM
re: How do we even KNOW we're self-aware?
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gbaikie
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7/19/2007 11:03:06 PM
Watching professional sports...
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podrock
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7/20/2007 2:12:46 AM
Jocasta the first stone
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Hank
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7/20/2007 12:21:58 AM
You included yourself in that question.
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Lee
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7/19/2007 10:13:32 PM
I think I think, therefore, I think I am.
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Hank
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7/19/2007 10:38:50 PM
Snow Crash
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podrock
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7/20/2007 2:39:06 AM
re: I think I think, therefore, I think I am.
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gbaikie
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7/19/2007 11:44:13 PM
re: I think I think, therefore, I think I am.
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Hank
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7/20/2007 12:38:47 AM
I yam what I yam and that's all that I yam.
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Popeye
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7/21/2007 3:10:30 AM
Life is but a dream?
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REB
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7/19/2007 8:56:16 PM
Not at all.
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Hank
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7/19/2007 9:16:28 PM
Consciousness is like........
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Lindy
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7/20/2007 8:32:38 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.