A thousand agents hypothesis

[EEProf]

@rogert

(I haven’t read the post carefully (yet), but) I immediately thought of Daniel Dennett’s Multiple drafts model, which includes:

An intuitive proof (kinda) of reference frames attachment to EVERY sensory data

I think you have to agree that philosophy has a large introspection component. Descartes was king with cogito ergo sum, and then Dennett came a long and introspected the ‘Cartesian Theatre’ and qualia away. Then Dennett went on to develop, now with science, his Multiple Drafts theory. Take a hard look at ‘Thousand Brains’ and show me how it isn’t the same thing. Nod to Hawkins for taking it to science, philosophy mucks things up with all the introspection, but they do get the ball rolling.