[FRIAM] RE Self consciousness and Passive Darwinism.

[Jochen Fromm]

Of course there are many forms and degrees of consciousness.
I think it is quite ironic that humans with the highest form
of consciousness - self consciousness - must discover that 
their own "self" probably does not really exist (although
it depends on what you mean with existence..).
Most processes with a "self" in the word are based on some
kind of feedback loop. If there is a cognitive process
involved, "feedback illusions" can arise which are based
on a coincidence of synchronous activities. Is the feeling 
that a unified "I" or a "self" exists an illusion, too?
The self only an illusion of a central leader for the 
distributed 'society of mind' in your head, as Minsky 
calls it..

-J.