Have you ever taken a video camera and made an infinite tunnel by pointing it at its own monitor -- or done the same thing by facing two mirrors together? I have a sneaking suspicion that self-awareness may be no more than a biological equivalent of this -- but I rarely voice this opinion, because I'd then have to explain that I don't think this cheapens self-awareness, nor makes it any less fascinating. Infinite complexity through recursion is something also found in, say, fractal geometry ... and I find *that* equally fascinating, no less so because I can explain it. I'm done rambling now :>
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Date: 2003-01-03 03:01 am (UTC)Have you ever taken a video camera and made an infinite tunnel by pointing it at its own monitor -- or done the same thing by facing two mirrors together? I have a sneaking suspicion that self-awareness may be no more than a biological equivalent of this -- but I rarely voice this opinion, because I'd then have to explain that I don't think this cheapens self-awareness, nor makes it any less fascinating. Infinite complexity through recursion is something also found in, say, fractal geometry ... and I find *that* equally fascinating, no less so because I can explain it. I'm done rambling now :>