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question:what-are-the-invariants-that-enable-a-self-to-persist-despite-drastic-biological-changeWhat are the invariants that enable a Self to persist despite drastic biological change?
Central question driving TAME framework, connecting identity continuity across metamorphosis, regeneration, and therapeutic brain replacement.
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extracted_from(2022) · Michael Levin
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- Central claim that cognitive Selves change in real-time, supported by examples of metamorphosis and regeneration.
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- Hypothesis that memories can persist and be reimprinted on new substrates during metamorphosis, regeneration, and brain replacement; tested in planaria and butterflies.
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- Embodied cognitiongatesFramework treating cognition as inseparable from bodily organization and environmental interaction; aligned with biogenic approach.
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- Addresses the problem of identity across brain/body remodeling.
- Memory transfer across tissues and through metamorphosis supports persistence of Self.
- Foundational claim of the paper, defining self-evidencing.
- Plasticity of the Self is a fundamental property of life.
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- aboutblank_kbHow do biological systems maintain identity and coherence despite constant molecular turnover, genetic mutation, and internal uncertainty?questions/how-do-biological-systems-maintain-identity-and-coherence.md0.810
- aboutblank_kbDoes the current Self cease to exist if an organism changes, and how can identity persist through transformation?questions/does-the-current-self-cease-to-exist-if.md0.808
- aboutblank_kbIf an organism must change to learn and grow, but change means the original self ceases to exist, how can continuous identity be maintained?questions/if-an-organism-must-change-to-learn-and.md0.807