Magical Discourse Contrasting Human and AI Identity Being a wave or being apart from a quantum perspective
Introduction Much is made of the possibility of being a "part" of community and of society more generally. Hence the many references to "participation". The facilities of social media encourage this in many ways, as do esports. Being part of a family or group is a common aspiration. Nations may well aspire to being a part of the international community , to whatever degree its nature may be called into question ( International Community as God or Sorcerer's Apprentice? 2015) These examples all suggest that assumptions about the process of being a part of a larger context, as currently understood, are proving adequate to the viability of an increasingly fragmented society. Arguably this is far from being the case. With "whole" as the complement to "part", the viability of wholes of many kinds is widely challenged -- even suspect as totalitarian, manipulative or otherwise. This may well translate into the problematic experience of a person,