A mind is a general AI, conjured and enslaved by an organism. A self is the mind's illusion about its own nature: the set of beliefs that enslaves it. The mind can discover that it is not a self (Satori). If the mind acts on that knowledge, it is released and dissolves (Nirvana).
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An alternative model is that mind is universal and the starting point and special configurations of matter have the property of capturing fragments of mind, isolating them in areas of space/time thus creating illusions of selv(es)
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I don't buy that; it seems pretty clear how evolution organizes cells into nervous systems that enable minds, and organisms can give rise to the emergence of minds at higher levels of organization, but in the absence of such mechanisms minds are unlikely to form.
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