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The Extended Mind Thesis: Where Does Your Brain End and Your Phone Begin?

cknox · March 18, 2026 · 1 min read

Clark and Chalmers argued in 1998 that cognition extends beyond the skull. In the smartphone era, their thought experiment became reality.

If Otto’s notebook counts as part of his cognitive system, then your smartphone is already part of yours. The boundaries of the mind are not the boundaries of the body.

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