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Re:Our Conscious Experience of the World Is but a Memory, Sa... by edgyquant on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @02:01AM (#33340303)
I've always disliked this interpretation of the data. All it suggests is the real system responsible is deeper that we currently think. Not that you are an illusion or whatever
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Re:Our Conscious Experience of the World Is but a Memory, Sa... by ixsploit on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @02:28AM (#33340454)
What difference does it make if you real self is an illusion or just something deep down outside our consciousness?
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Re:Our Conscious Experience of the World Is but a Memory, Sa... by jstanley on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @06:23AM (#33341798)
The consciousness isn't the illusion, the consciousness is the audience.

An illusion doesn't trick anyone if there's noone to observe it.

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Re:Our Conscious Experience of the World Is but a Memory, Sa... by naasking on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @09:13AM (#33343160)
> An illusion doesn't trick anyone if there's noone to observe it.

An illusion is arguably a perception that, taken literally, entails a false conclusion, so I don't see a need to tie it to a subject.

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Re:Our Conscious Experience of the World Is but a Memory, Sa... by edgyquant on Saturday November 05, 2022 @04:19PM (#33485223)
The only thing I know for sure isn’t an illusion is my consciousness.
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