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author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Sun, 04 May 2014 15:38:11 -0400
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53 directly --- I start with knowledge of the positions of a creature's 53 directly --- I start with knowledge of the positions of a creature's
54 body parts and work from there. 54 body parts and work from there.
55 55
56 This is the core vision of my thesis: That one of the important ways 56 This is the core vision of my thesis: That one of the important ways
57 in which we understand others is by imagining ourselves in their 57 in which we understand others is by imagining ourselves in their
58 position and emphatically feeling experiences relative to our own 58 position and empathically feeling experiences relative to our own
59 bodies. By understanding events in terms of our own previous 59 bodies. By understanding events in terms of our own previous
60 corporeal experience, we greatly constrain the possibilities of what 60 corporeal experience, we greatly constrain the possibilities of what
61 would otherwise be an unwieldy exponential search. This extra 61 would otherwise be an unwieldy exponential search. This extra
62 constraint can be the difference between easily understanding what 62 constraint can be the difference between easily understanding what
63 is happening in a video and being completely lost in a sea of 63 is happening in a video and being completely lost in a sea of