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Maybe,

you :"Which is readily available to any being with a theory of mind."

I'm saying humans do not have this ability. We don't have a valid proven theory of mind, and even if we did, that knowledge would not change how our brains process inputs, and somehow give us access to how we processed an answer. We don't know our 'intention'



I see the confusion now. Theory of mind is about recognizing the existence of other minds, not about being able to plumb the depths of one's own mind. If anyone had the latter skill, psychotherapy wouldn't need to exist and no one would ever have heard of Freud.




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