http://mindhacks.com/2010/06/22/combined-animal-death-delusions/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Wed, 22 May 2013 13:23:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mindhacks.com/2010/06/22/combined-animal-death-delusions/#comment-4788 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:32:51 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/combined-animal-death-delusions/#comment-4788 “someone believes they are transforming or have transformed into an animal”.
- or rather, into another species. I think there’s something very interesting in this – a clue to how humans distinguish themselves from other primates/other species in general. After all, we famously don’t know “What it’s like to be a bat”, so how could we possibly know how the bit of us that we believe is turning into a pig feels to identify the experience? Especially if one has doubt about the existence of a “self” as commonly identified……..

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2010/06/22/combined-animal-death-delusions/#comment-4787 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:25:45 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/combined-animal-death-delusions/#comment-4787 Absolutely fascinating!

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