&gt; They&#x27;re the mind viewing itself through its own intuitive folk-theory of mind<p>Why do you think I&#x27;m suggesting any theory of mind at all? You&#x27;re stating too much.<p>I&#x27;m just suggesting look for patterns and produce models of what you can observe about human subjectivity. Hofstadtr&#x27;s &quot;strange loop&quot; being an example of one such model.