OK, what exactly is the difference between self-awareness and
consciousness? I'm thinking they're pretty much synonyms. How would
you distinguish between them?
Could there be a conscious being who was not self aware? Or a self
aware being that was not conscious?
I'm going with Pinker on this. Animals use their brains to predict
their environment. For social animals, a very important part of their
environment is other members of the social group, so the brains of
social animals attempt to predict the behavior of the other members.
But the behavior of the others depends on the behavior of the self...so
the social animal begins to model its own behavior. Rather than just
acting, it becomes aware of its actions.
So....what's the difference between consciousness and self-awareness?
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Darryl
Think Galactically -- Act Terrestrially
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