The Theory Of Mind Myth - Aeon

The flashing of neurons in brains may appear similar, but the causes behind them can greatly vary between people. For example, everyone feels fear but not everyone has the same fears. Shouldn't spiders be just as scary to Australians as they are to Canadians? One could argue habituation affects one's volition, but even then there are fiddly, unmeasurable bits cocking up the data sets of neurologists and psychologists. How can humanity learn to understand itself? Getting a view outside of the context of humans, according to Robert Burton, through analyzing "Big Data". Better yet, a Turing-grade artificial intelligence (for lack of a better term, how can intelligence be artificial?) could provide a different perspective, or, better yet, aliens. Just as long as those two sets of entities remain objective rather than considering humanity to be deranged mirrors of eirselves. While we're speculating, let's give science fiction author Peter Watts the time of day when it comes to the Hogan twins. In his estimation, they're a HemiHive In Hiding. These conjoined twins have a unique sense of self, potentially sharing thoughts thanks to their situation, leading Mr. Watts to wild, but credible, hypotheses. (CS)

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