When you look around your local world, how do you assign responsibility for the creation of its various features?
You may note that there is no such thing as a fully self-contained "agent". Any "thing", including an "agent", is a convenient container invented by beings with minds like us when we notice a process that produces similar results on each iteration of its loop in time.
Given that, we may notice that every "thing", including agents, are products of not only their internal churning, but also the churning of the parts outside of themselves. Each sma... (read more)
You may note that there is no such thing as a fully self-contained "agent". Any "thing", including an "agent", is a convenient container invented by beings with minds like us when we notice a process that produces similar results on each iteration of its loop in time.
Given that, we may notice that every "thing", including agents, are products of not only their internal churning, but also the churning of the parts outside of themselves. Each sma... (read more)