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The Self is subject to significant change in real-time, both slow maturation and radical material remodeling.

Plasticity of the Self is a fundamental property of life.

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Technological Approach to Mind Everywhere: An Experimentally-Grounded Framework for Understanding Diverse Bodies and Minds

(2022) · Michael Levin

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Tadpoles with eyes on their tails perform visual learning tasks
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Ectopic eyes in Xenopus tadpoles connect to the spinal cord and enable visual learning despite incorrect anatomical location.

Communities (3)

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Relational self, care & aliveness
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Self as dynamic functional center defined by care, coherence, and substrate-neutral cognition
Substrate-independent self & memory plasticity
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Identity and memory persist functionally across radical material change, rejecting fixed biological substrates.
Self as dynamic computational construct
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Explores selfhood as emergent pattern maintained through constraint optimization rather than illusory or static essence.

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The Self is malleable and plastic; the subject of memories and preferences is not fixed but subject to radical change in real-time.claim0.862
Central to TAME; challenges monadic self theory through examples of metamorphosis, regeneration, and mind-body substitution.
The Self is malleable and plastic, changing radically during an organism's lifetime.claim0.833
The boundary between Self and World is not fixed and can change between generations and within a lifetime — this plasticity is fundamental to life's ability to survive, adapt, and exist as chimeric forms.claim0.794
Core biological claim about the plasticity of self-models, grounding the broader philosophical argument about identity and change
What are the invariants that enable a Self to persist and remain recognizable despite drastic biological remodeling?question0.791
Drives investigation of memory, identity, and continuity across metamorphosis and regeneration.
The intricate and context-specific adaptation that shapes every detail differently is a necessary structural feature of all life.claim0.790
Foundational claim about the necessity of adaptation for life in structures.
Living structure is enormously susceptible to minor changes, and accuracy of detail is necessary for success.claim0.789
Warning that the recursion of centers requires extreme precision.
The issue is not whether the process will produce living structure if done faithfully — it will — but whether the maker has the stamina and will to keep rejecting versions that lack life.claim0.784
Alexander's claim that the limiting factor in creating living structure is not method but the maker's persistence.
Selves are not fixed permanent agents; the substrate of memory, preferences, and rewards is plastic and can remodel during the agent's lifetime.claim0.783
Central claim that cognitive Selves change in real-time, supported by examples of metamorphosis and regeneration.

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What is the relationship between memory and self-identity across transformative changes?questions/what-is-the-relationship-between-memory-and-selfidentity.md0.814
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Does continuity of self persist through radical transformation?questions/does-continuity-of-self-persist-through-radical-transformation.md0.808