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Re:Decades-long bet on consciousness ends – it’s philosopher... by goatlover on Sunday June 25, 2023 @01:05AM (#36465279)
What would it mean for the sensations of pain or color to be an illusion? Do you really think that you can be wrong about experiencing a colored-in world around you, or feeling pain when you kick a rock? If so, what gives you confidence that the world exists, given how wrong all you would be about your own experiences?
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Re:Decades-long bet on consciousness ends – it’s philosopher... by kaba0 on Sunday June 25, 2023 @03:28AM (#36465787)
There is literally no way to differentiate between whether we are living in a real world, or we are just the single agent of a simulation or whatever.
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