There is no you in your brain – your identity is a "society of the mind"
lschueller
28 points
9 comments
April 17, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (2 comments)
turtleyacht
If that's true, what is "ego death?"
cobber2005
> In effect, these different cognitive processes together give rise to our self. I think this describes what happens in Simondon’s ‘psychic individuation’.[1] [1] https://epochemagazine.org/40/on-psychic-and-collective-indi...