https://blogs.harvard.edu/billofhealth/2018/04/05/what-can-an-11th-century-islamic-philosopher-teach-us-about-21st-century-neuroscience/ …
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Very interesting, thank you! Wonder what Ali thinks about this. Also
@Plinz My main concern with Ibn Sina's thought experiment is whether one can have self-awareness without memory and experience. If this is the case, we don't need to worry about these brain balls2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
I think you can
@likeplastic_ have self awareness without experience. I need to go check my notes on the default mode again.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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If you can’t, wouldn’t that mean that Babies, who don’t have experience, couldn’t be self aware? And self-awareness develops (and perhaps thereby explaining the lack of memories from before around 3 years of age)?
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I think that babies have experience they are aware of, but the sense of self forms only after 6-18 months. Toddlers do form memories and refer to themselves, but after three years, we seem to undergo a change in how we index memories.
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