• Akasazh@feddit.nl
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    Yes, consciousness is described as a constant feedback loop by Douglas Hofstadter in his book ‘I am a strange loop’.

    Well with the read it you want to explore this though a bit further.

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    Assuming that if you were able to go back to that point in time and everything beyond that point happened in the exact same way with the exact same responses by you, yes.

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    Or there could be branching, and that person will become someone different.

    You can also look at time like collection of snapshots, and that person won’t become anything else.

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      Anemoia, if I’m not mistaken, is a feeling of nostalgia for something you haven’t experienced yourself. I think the OP is referring to themselves from the past?