> [W]e group into a unified image the collection of processes that constitutes those living organisms that are other human beings, because our life is social and we therefore interact a great deal with them. They are knots of cause and effect that are deeply relevant for us.
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> We have shaped an idea of "human being" by interacting with others like ourselves. I believe that our notion of self stems from this, not from introspection. When we think of ourselves as persons, I believe we are applying to ourselves the mental circuits that we have...
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> ...developed to engage with our companions. The first image that I have of myself as a child is that child that my mother sees. We are for ourselves in large measure what we see and have seen of ourselves reflected back to us by our friends, our loves, and our enemies.
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Carlo Rovelli in the Order Of Time
10:36 PM - 31 Mar 2020
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