The meme machine
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Read on Hacker News…elfish meme", i.e. the upper brain is the "meme machine", and consciousness (and ourselves in the sense of 'self' for that matter) is sort of an accidental by-product of the meme machine - it is better for the meme for there to be 'itentionality' about its replication, 'intentionality' is found in consciousness, ergo, we have consciousness. Anyway cool article, and I like the intro video explaining embryonic brain development in the humanoid.
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