Created at 2025/09/16 10:22 PM
The Self as Recursion, Not Possession
via Facebook post and discussion: “I am a modelling process modelling a self in a world” - Susan Blackmore
∴ Core Idea Unit
Consciousness is not an entity we have, but a recursive modelling process we do—a loop without a true owner.
▲ Identity Play & Roles
- The Modeler: Self becomes performer of models, not a possessor.
- The Defender: Believers in enduring soul/self resist dissolution.
- The Skeptic: Doubt and reduction probe the claim, yet cannot resolve it.
≈ Emotional Triggers
😬 Unease · 🧠 Curiosity · 🌀 Disorientation · 🤔 Doubt · 👻 Haunting
𐂷 Spread Mechanics
- Distribution Vectors: Philosophy talks, consciousness studies forums, podcast debates, fringe-parapsychology circles.
- Propagation Style: Recursive argumentation, haunting exclusions, paradox loops.
⛨ Defense Reflexes
- Recursive folding: Every critique becomes another model in the loop.
- Exclusion pressure: Paranormal “outsides” denied yet leak back in, keeping discourse unstable.
☷ Memeplex Anchor Points
- 🤯 Predictive Processing & Bayesian Brain Theory
- 🌀 Post-structuralist recursion (self as construct)
- 👻 Paranormal residues haunting materialist frames
- 🧘 Yogic/meditative traditions of self-dissolution
✶ Sticky Symbols or Quotes
- “Not possessed but performed.”
- “The loop is the self.”
- Self-driving cars with a ghost of awareness.
- Bodies that map, then deny their solidity.