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Replying to @literalbanana
"Let's give it a name" "Cool now we understand it"
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complete list of things that are as weird as time: 1. consciousness
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ontology, as in "what distinguishes thing A from thing B" and "what constitutes thing A anyway"
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Replying to @allgebrah @literalbanana
apples are easy, but think geological formations: where does a mountain end, what part of this huge mass is "the mountain"
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Replying to @arslibertatis @literalbanana
interesting that the mountain becomes more well-defined towards the summit, less so towards the base
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much like a nose towards its tip, or a color towards its "pure" version, its "thing"ness is concentrated
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the more salient parts have sharper outlines, literally the neuro def. of salience https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salience_(neuroscience) …
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