Intuitive Self-Models (2024)

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The brain uses a predictive learning algorithm to build generative models for predicting data.
These models, called 'intuitive self-models', include components like conscious awareness and free will.
The series explores consequences of intuitive self-models across topics like consciousness, trance, disorders, and enlightenment.
Post 1 covers background on predictive learning and intuitive models, relating to Philosophy of Mind.
Post 2 proposes conscious awareness represents a serial aspect of cortex computation, discussing intentions and decisions.
Post 3 focuses on the Conventional Intuitive Self-Model and the 'Active Self' entity tied to free will intuitions.
Post 4 systematizes trance states, from flow to possession rituals, explaining their properties and induction methods.
Post 5 examines Dissociative Identity Disorder, its reality, links to trauma, and memory claims between alters.
Post 6 discusses enlightenment as a different intuitive self-model accessed via meditation, hypothesizing its effects.
Post 7 explores hallucinations, arguing against a strict distinction from normal inner speech, covering psychological and cultural factors.
Post 8 addresses free will intuitions, questioning their basis and offering an alternative framework for motivation and self-control.

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