Path Dependence
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Econmic examples are the QWERTY layout in typewriters which is still used in computer keyboards, or file line endings for different operating systems (originally CRLF in Windows, and in LF in Linux and CR in Mac). | Econmic examples are the QWERTY layout in typewriters which is still used in computer keyboards, or file line endings for different operating systems (originally CRLF in Windows, and in LF in Linux and CR in Mac). | ||
| - | Phenomenal [[Consciousness|consciousness]] | + | Phenomenal [[Consciousness|consciousness]] and subjective experience are path-dependent and vary strongly from person to person, because each person has a different history, has met different people during the past, and is adapted to a slighty different world. |
Path dependence is quite similar to Murray Gell-Mann's [[Frozen_Accident|frozen accidents]] and John H. Holland's [[Lever_Point|lever points]], although both focus more on the beginning of the path than on the path itself. | Path dependence is quite similar to Murray Gell-Mann's [[Frozen_Accident|frozen accidents]] and John H. Holland's [[Lever_Point|lever points]], although both focus more on the beginning of the path than on the path itself. | ||
