[MD] the story of "me"

[MarshaV]

Greetings,  

Seems to me of the debate the lately is predicated on there being a "Cartesian Me' to choose or have freedom.  What does it mean for a 'useful illusion' to possess such control over its experience?  

 
   "This Cartesian 'Me,' this autonomous little homunculus who sits behind our eyeballs looking out through them in order to pass judgment on the affairs of the world, is just completely ridiculous. This self-appointed little editor of reality is just an impossible fiction that collapses the moment one examines it. This Cartesian 'Me' is a software reality, not a hardware reality. This body on the left and this body on the right are running variations of the same program, the same 'Me,' which doesn't belong to either of them. The 'Me's' are simply a program format.

     (LILA, Chapter 15)  

 
 Marsha
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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