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Originally Posted by Paul C. Anagnostopoulos  Why don't we get exactly the same absurdity?
And could you explain the absurdity in more detail, please? Why does the little man need a littler man inside? It's not as if our self-awareness is infinitely nested. For example, we have no experience of how we actually think.
~~ Paul |
Well, if I can answer on behalf of Ian, the point is that if you have a model containing a little man, you have explained nothing - just shuffled the data that he has available.
Also, don't fall into the trap of equating consciousness and self-awareness.
David