"Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, no matter what name it is called." ~ John Stuart Mill
The Blurred Reality of Humanity
“The only disagreement many scientists would have with philosopher Thomas Metzinger's claim that "modern philosophy of mind and cognitive neuroscience together are about to shatter the myth of the self" is that the destruction has already occurred.”
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The subtitle of the article: "Do we really even exist? Fooling ourselves into thinking we do is the one thing that makes us who we are"
Maybe that's editors' humor.
Julian Baggini's last two sentences: "But it does not therefore show that this 'I' is just an illusion. There is what I call an Ego Trick, but it is not that the self doesn't exist, only that it is not what we generally assume it to be."
Interpretation: The editor(s) of The Independent didn't finish the article, or didn't pay careful attention to what they read. Baggini should request a right to veto the titles and subtitles chosen by editors for his pieces.