Most people are vessels for ideas, like neurons in a larger mind
nptacek · x · 2026-09-17
- dystopiangf argues most people lack principled, rational views for the same reason a single neuron doesn't produce consciousness: they are vessels for ideas much larger and older than themselves.
- Framing humankind as a computer, the author suggests this is fine and how things are meant to be.
- The take was amplified by a retweet from nptacek.
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