It also fits with the hubris of this administration in not acknowledging the actual sources of US power. Shooting themselves in the foot by dismantling systems of world trade, attacking world-leading research capacity, alienating allies, etc.

Honestly they might just be pretty concerned about being poisoned, growing paranoid as authoritarians tend to do.

Fetterman of the north

P sure it's a joke lol

The concept of extended cognition is a big part of that theoretical landscape, and involves redefining cognitive processes in terms of bottom up feedback loops with the environment, outside of the brain as central executive. I could see it mapping onto Heidegger’s work on technology, tool use, etc.

Ah so I’m not super up on this but have an undergrad degree in neuroscience and philosophy that I got right as embodied cognition papers were getting popular. My guess is it has to do with the Heideggerain concepts of “ready to hand” and ”present to hand.”

Wait really? I’m out of the loop

>we can respect their dignity

Proceeds to not respect their dignity

I am surprised he's still around. Didn't he predict we'd all be disabled and severely immunocompromised by now?