The essential element of "cringe" is inadequate self-self feedback.
On November 7, 2021 9:33:37 PM PST, [email protected] wrote: >Eric inter alia, > > > >The position I have taken concerning self knowledge is that all knowledge is >of the form of inferences made from evidence. To the extent that some sources >of knowledge may lead to better inferences-- may better prepare the organism >for what follows-- some may be more privileged than others, but that >privilege needs to be demonstrated. Being in the same body as the knowing >system does not grant the knowing system any a priori privilege. If you >have followed me so far, then a self-knowing system is using sensors to infer >(fallibly) the state of itself. So if Glen and Marcus concede that this is >the only knowledge we ever get about anything, than I will eagerly concede >that this is “self-knowledge”. It’s only if you claim that self-knowing is of >a different character than other-knowing, that we need to bicker further. I >stipulate that my point is trivial, but not that it’s false. > -- glen ⛧ .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ archives: 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/
