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The conscious self is a phenomenal self-model (PSM)
Deep Research Pass: "The Medium Becomes the Ground"
“the conscious self is a *phenomenal self-model* (PSM) — a representation the brain constructs of the organism”
VERIFIED — a word-for-word match in the stored source
PSM integrates bodily, emotional, perceptual, mnemic, volitional, and cognitive contents
Deep Research Pass: "The Medium Becomes the Ground"
“integrating bodily, emotional, perceptual, mnemic, volitional, and cognitive contents”
VERIFIED — a word-for-word match in the stored source
Disputed — who says what, against what see standalone →
These are things people say about The Ego Tunnel that aren't settled fact — each one attributed to who's actually claiming it, so a claim never quietly passes as established just because it showed up in a document. Weigh it yourself.
Disputed
"psychoactive substances write directly into the PSM"
Asserted by Thomas Metzinger · stance: pro
The evidence on file mostly supports this, but it's still someone's claim, not a settled fact.
Deep Research Pass: "The Medium Becomes the Ground" ↗
Disputed
"the self-model becomes dependent on exogenous chemical "writes""
Asserted by Thomas Metzinger · stance: pro
The evidence on file mostly supports this, but it's still someone's claim, not a settled fact.
Deep Research Pass: "The Medium Becomes the Ground" ↗
Timeline see standalone →
2009
2009
publication of The Ego Tunnel
People
Thomas Metzingerother