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Wow. I only get the inner workings at a very basic, intuitive level, but it&#x27;s really cool to see the progress of this and similar research. Congrats to the researchers.<p>It&#x27;s awe-inspiring and even frightening at first, in the usual ways, but IMO it has a lot of long-term promise in other ways.<p>Spitballing: I like that this kind of result, which clearly calls into question the role or perception of physical identity, may eventually inform (or even necessitate?) the deconstruction of the physical &quot;I&quot; as a permission broker, and further open a many-to-many interface between the dimensions that underlay what we now think of as &quot;self&quot; and the true depth and variety within what we now think of as &quot;individual humans who are not me&quot;. That opening process alone ought to be a huge jump for human development.<p>Right now we&#x27;re each held, and holding ourselves, way too responsible for maintaining a singular subjective identity, looking at the aggregate. Not only does this compromise our outlook on others based on our subjective perception of the identity match, but it also compromises our ability to reliably consume and metabolize identity-construct-breaking information and experiences. And many of those things, when consumed without so many identity borders--so to speak--will end up being incredibly useful for individuals and group both.<p>Thanks for sharing op.