[FRIAM] unplanned [sen|obsol]escence

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Yeah, continuing the trend of trashing "the hard problem", the zombie argument never carried water for me. The duplicates argument, by contrast, carries a lot ... ala the broken Star Trek Transporter that fails to dissolve the original when it makes the copy. Can we really say the Kirk on the planet is the same as the Kirk on the ship? What's the half-life for the dissolution into 2 different Kirk-qualia?

On 9/22/21 11:31 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
> The word that comes to mind is duplicity!
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> Is it a single spectrum? I suppose the typical use of "spectrum" implies a singular measure. But I don't intend it that way. So, maybe I need a better phrase ... "phase space"? "milieu"? "ambient muck"?
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> One problem with medication, including implants and AR (witness Google Glassholes), is that it inhibits one's agility to swap in and out of "sticking out". At large parties, for example, I enjoy hopping from one clique to another and changing my personality so that it either fits in or sticks out. Alcohol tends to limit that ability ... at least in excess. Small parties suck, to be honest. You kinda have to choose your role at the beginning (or have your role chosen for you by history or an introduction by someone -- Renee' introduces the local lefties saying that I worked at Lockheed Martin and my role has been chosen for me ... killer profiteer's unite!).
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> On 9/22/21 11:00 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
>> Steve writes:
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>> < Is it a single spectrum?   I propose a few components:
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>>  1. Self Exploration
>>  2. Creativity Enhancement
>>  3. Medicating for Social Anxiety
>>  4. Medicating for Depression
>>  5. Self Identity/Expression
>>  6. Avoidance
>>  7. ...
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>>>  
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>> Being a vegan, for example, is an inconvenience and one will tend to impact a group.   Not participating in the hedonism around you will make you stick out. 
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