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Re:Conscious Birds by PaulHoule on Monday December 22, 2025 @09:32AM (#46354398)
The "real self" is what Engels it talking about in terms of "from each according to his abilities (which spring from the real self) and to each according to his needs (likewise)".

The system of "false self" + "symptomatic self" is a broken ego, that system which mediates between undeveloped potential and unreasonable desires and what can actually be accomplished the world. The ideal social organization gets the most out of people's ability and satisfies their needs. It also gives people some sense of cohesion and being part of a whole [1]

I've been taking everything ego-dystonic out of myself and my environment, particularly I put the three parts of the card I tore back together on the wall. [2]

[1] I am an American, I am a human, an animal, a resident of Spaceship Earth, a representative o

[2] I made that card during the crisis of 2021 to remind myself of the dangers of my "evil twin" but now my label for that is "2021" as I had to re-assimilate him to be whole.

Re:Conscious Birds by aebtebeten on Wednesday December 24, 2025 @10:22AM (#46376347)
3 boxes? Sorry, my Algolia-fu is weak...

my view of consciousness is orthogonal to TFA: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23475069

bitrotted link: https://www.temerex.com/Games/MindRead/Shannon.pdf