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On 04/01/2024 16:29, BillK wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:mailman.95.1704385784.606.extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">
<pre>open individualism posits that all individuals are
fundamentally connected at the level of consciousness. From this
perspective, you and I are not separate individuals with distinct
identities but rather manifestations of the same underlying
consciousness or awareness.</pre>
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Hm. If this is so, then why is there no experience of it? I
certainly don't experience any consciousness but my own. Can anyone
claim otherwise?<br>
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I don't see how all individuals (or even just two) can possibly be
'connected at the level of consciousness' without being conscious of
it. The conclusion is that we must be separate individuals with
distinct identities, or we would all be aware that this was not the
case. This seems to describe a 'hive mind', and we are definitely
not that.<br>
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Ben<br>
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