itsdoctorlee
itsdoctorlee t1_jas3ler wrote
Reply to comment by InTheEndEntropyWins in Glorifying the "self" is detrimental to both the individual and the larger world. It neither helps you find your true nature, nor your role in the larger world. by waytogoal
What do you mean by "fundamentally social"? We are social if we successfully survive by forming society through millions of years.
Do you want to say we aren't fundamentally cooperative/altruistic/empathetic towards others? (somewhere along these lines)
itsdoctorlee t1_jatg8bs wrote
Reply to comment by HouseOfSteak in Glorifying the "self" is detrimental to both the individual and the larger world. It neither helps you find your true nature, nor your role in the larger world. by waytogoal
This doesn't look to be what the article is arguing about at all. The thesis is not about having or not having a self, it is about whether that idea of self projected from your brain is important and deserves to be cared for. There is this pervasive misunderstanding that not caring about the self so much equals to being mindless or having no self-awareness.
A genuine question for you, how do you know you are not mindlessly behaving if all you have is your confident self?
Also, I have bad news for you if you think cells/plants don't have cognition or self-awareness, whatever it is. Check out Michael Levin's work and see if you would come back to say the same things with such confidence.