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Andy Clark on The Extended Mind

Philosophy Bites

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Is Your Bio Head a Barrier for Yourself?

i'm worried that on your account, all the information out there that i could potentially source is part of my mind. Anything i could search for is available to me. The notion of availability as and when required is the right notion. So portability or having stuff actually locked inside your bio head are good ways of insuring that stuff is available when you want it. They're not full proof. You know, you might have had too much to drink the night before, and your bio memoryeis not doing what it should. But as long as stuff is mostly available as and when it's needed, then it's a good candidate for getting woven into the overall set of knowledge.

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