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Full Idea
Human exceptionalism has repeatedly plagued biology, and has darkened the history of human thought everywhere.
Gist of Idea
Human exceptionalism plagues biology, and most other human thinking
Source
Anil Seth (Being You [2021], I.2)
Book Ref
Seth,Anil: 'Being You: new science of consciousness' [Faber 2022], p.46
A Reaction
I increasingly agree with this, as much in philosophy as in biology. We really need to get used to our place in evolution.
| 23513 | Single neurons can carry out complex functions [Seth] |
| 23514 | The cerbellum has a huge number of neurons, but little involvement in consciousness [Seth] |
| 23515 | Human exceptionalism plagues biology, and most other human thinking [Seth] |
| 23516 | Maybe a system is conscious if the whole generates more information than its parts [Seth] |
| 23517 | Volition is felt as doing what you want, with possible alternatives, and a source from within [Seth] |
| 23519 | The self is embodied, perspectival, volitional, narrative and social [Seth, by PG] |
| 23518 | Modern AI is mostly machine-based pattern recognition [Seth] |