Enchanted Looms

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Enchanted Looms: Conscious Networks in Brains and Computers
by Rodney Cotterill

...significance of any sensory input only emerges as a consequence of the animal's own motor explorations... (p.414)

We enjoy tremendous advantage of being able to veto an action that has already been given the system's permission to proceed, even though that veto is excercised deterministically and unconsciously. (p.428)