I don’t have anything to add to the discussion, but in the interest of being phatic I just want to say that this is a great introductory post—welcome to LessWrong!
Phatic is a great term, definitely adopting for use in my own vocabulary!
I had seen a comment on the open thread asking about in which part of the body people felt their “sense of self” and if it changes, and I wanted to contribute “that’s so bizarre to me, I’ve never felt a sense of self anywhere, but I find this discussion interesting” but realized it added nothing to their discussion and stopped myself. I might be more phatic in the future though, now that I have a friendly disclaimer to use. :)
I commented in that thread myself and what you’ve said seems a worthy addition even without a disclaimer; it adds at least as much to the discussion as this post which nobody has downvoted. (of course, it might seem easy for me to say your comment should be posted if I’m not the once risking the karma punishment for doing so, so note that I’d be willing to copy/paste what you’ve said and take any punishment/reward for myself if you’d like)
I don’t have anything to add to the discussion, but in the interest of being phatic I just want to say that this is a great introductory post—welcome to LessWrong!
Thanks!
Phatic is a great term, definitely adopting for use in my own vocabulary!
I had seen a comment on the open thread asking about in which part of the body people felt their “sense of self” and if it changes, and I wanted to contribute “that’s so bizarre to me, I’ve never felt a sense of self anywhere, but I find this discussion interesting” but realized it added nothing to their discussion and stopped myself. I might be more phatic in the future though, now that I have a friendly disclaimer to use. :)
I commented in that thread myself and what you’ve said seems a worthy addition even without a disclaimer; it adds at least as much to the discussion as this post which nobody has downvoted. (of course, it might seem easy for me to say your comment should be posted if I’m not the once risking the karma punishment for doing so, so note that I’d be willing to copy/paste what you’ve said and take any punishment/reward for myself if you’d like)
Ok, if you say so, I’ll go chip in my two cents!