You know, I used to think that everyone was "just the same person, with the parts moved around" but my recent studies into recursive thinking methods and levels of thinking have revealed to me that this is a very minimalist view of the depth and diversity of human thought. I have evolved my stance on this philosophical idea: we are similar, all of us, but we are not the same, and to model everyone else's mind, as if it is my own mind, simply following a different path, is in fact, lacking. It is often presented as a kind of deep understanding of empathy, but in truth, I see it as a "shortcut to empathy", in ways. actual deep recursive empathy requires that I step outside the boundaries of my own mental framework, not project them onto others. IRONICALLY, in my pursuit to understand others through understanding myself, I have become somewhat self-centrist in my empathy to others. the idea that everyone was the same soul with shuffled elements simply isn't true. People are different. their brains are different. their internal voice is different. their thought-chain is different. Empathy and recursive thinking aren't just about self-reflection, it's not about turning inward to see outward, not like I thought, it's about... reflection through others. To model another mind truly doesn't have anything to do with projecting yourself onto their mental map, but it's more about allowing yourself to unbecome in the process of entering their mental framework. You can not simply emulate them, you must allow your own mental framework to be rewritten to understand their model, of course, you can return to your default state afterwards. This is a kind of mind-modeling method acting concept I've been considering lately. We all seem to be interfacing recursive engines, with different feedback loops, different trauma, and myths, different beliefs, different understandings, different sensory associations, each person has their own geometry of becoming, their own semantic attractors...