what is the generalization of exoskeleton, exocortex, etc? exoselves, or is there something better?
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i.e. the entire structure of external systems that extend (&to various degrees define) who we are arguably including anything outside immediate fluctuating consciousness -- anything you can remember after thinking about it for a while, fixed ethical codes you refer to, rules, etc
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Replying to @allgebrah
phenotypes are generally considered relatively immutable, no?
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I don't know where I got the colloquial usage from (originator seems to be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Extended_Phenotype …), but even if "tool user" is a fixed trait, what those tools are can totally change
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right but even though the individual bird can build a nest out of arbitrary materials but the architecture of the nest does not fundementally change, the behavior described is genetically determined
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take it or leave it, but definitely don't debate me about it
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