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From: jbn@glacier.ARPA (John B. Nagle)
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Subject: A pure conjecture on the nature of the self
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Date: Sun, 19-Oct-86 19:10:13 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct 19 19:10:13 1986
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       Conjecture: the "sense of identity" comes from the same
mechanism that makes tickling yourself ineffective.

       This is not a frivolous comment.  The reflexes behind tickling
seem to be connected to something that has a good way of deciding
what is self and what isn't.  There are repeatable phenomena here that
can be experimented with.  This may be a point of entry for work on some
fundamental questions.  


					John Nagle