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claim:liquid-brain-hypothesisLiquid Brain Hypothesis
Ant colonies are 'liquid brains' due to shifting connectivity; extended metaphorically to all brains being 'liquid in time' through reinterpreting mental content across moments.
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extracted_from(2024) · Levin, Michael
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- SelfletsextendsLevin's model of continuous cognition as series of frames, each ~100-300ms thick; each Selflet is a temporal agent separated from others by time.
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