If thinkers hold on to fixed assumptions, they become subroutines in the virtual hivemind that comprehends the universe. Their followers are sub-subroutines. Most thinkers are doomed to explore infertile ground, due to an unquestioned decision made generations ago.
In this context, the distinction refers to tacit behavioral knowledge vs. declarative (second order) knowledge that describes these behaviors to ourselves, so we can attend to and reason about them.
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yes, but more generally: notion of unconscious vs notion of subconscious ? OR: does psychoanalysis factor into your understanding of the world?
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Not much! I think in terms of types of models, experiential access, attention, reflexive attention. It is possible to translate, but won't fully preserve Freud's distinctions.
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