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| - | represent and recognize itself? Do we have a spirit of | + | represent and recognize itself? See [[Collective consciousness|collective consciousness]]. |
| - | China "hovering over the room" in this case?
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| - | A real life situation where a common consciousness arises
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| - | is for example a national world cup game in stadium,
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| - | or a divine service. The spirit of the group is in
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| - | fact "hovering" over the place in both cases. The
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| - | participants are confused by feedback illusions:
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| - | if all participants act synchronously, then it is
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| - | difficult to distinguish between the actions of
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| - | the group and the actions of the individual. An
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| - | individual thinks it has suddenly the power of the
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| - | whole group.
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| - | How would a recognition or representation of itself look like?
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| - | May you can describe it like this: when agents become
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| - | aware of themselves, suddenly a small group of agents
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| - | (which represent the self) becomes very famous, and make
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| - | connections to nearly everyone else. In the above situation,
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| - | these agents may be comparable to the team on the field, or
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| - | the leaders of the religious group. A huge confusion arises
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| - | in the population which agents should be activated: everyone
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| - | since the agents represent everyone, and nobody since they
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| - | are just one team among many others.
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| | Consciousness is like a whirl or turbulence in the neural | | Consciousness is like a whirl or turbulence in the neural |
