We mistake our immediate perceptions for the world-as-it-is – but really, our conscious awareness is a moment-by-moment model, a constant process of re-appraisal and re-integration with the world as it presents itself to us. In this way, our internal model of the world, our consciousness, shapes the world in the same way and just as powerfully as
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Had I wanted so desperately to be special, to have a purpose, to recover from the shame of not being able to keep pace with the corporate world that I had somehow fabricated the entire thing? And how would I ever be able to tell for sure? If we are all just hallucinating this reality around us, how could we ever really know what is true and real
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I use a similar prompt, here's 4o with memory on (OSV is betting a lot on #2):
1. Consciousness is a Compression Engine, Not a Mirror
We tend to assume consciousness is a mirror reflecting the world "as it is." But what if it’s more like a compression algorithm, ruthlessly optimizing for survival by... See more
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