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Both contemplative practices and lucid dreaming can lead to change in affordances.

Statement that self-illuminating practices alter social and environmental affordances.

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Can Being Aware of the Illusion of Self Augment an Agent's Affordances: Integrating Buddhist Philosophy, Cognitive Science, and Artificial Life

(2021) · Doctor, Thomas · Solomonova, Elizaveta · Duane, Bill · Witkowski, Olaf

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Can Being Aware of the Illusion of Self Augment an Agent's Affordances: Integrating Buddhist Philosophy, Cognitive Science, and Artificial Life
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The view of self as illusory, and awareness of this illusion, may augment and qualitatively change the agent’s affordances.
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Central thesis of the paper that recognizing self as illusion expands the range of possible actions.

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