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Despite being recent, this article feels like I could have read it before, and I don't really agree with it overall, it's written in like, a vague 'bothsidesist' voice, for giving examples more specific would make the article or author's viewpoint appear too obviously slanted. (and you can write these articles in ways that respect their viewpoints more...) like for example, very commonly "anti-education" and "anti-science" are specific claims of corruption and mismanagement that people also believe spoil the entire group.
Because like, for me it's very emotionally tempting for me to just believe that people with insane opposing views are just trying to be contrarian, except I've seen this accusation lobbed at... (read more)
Hey, glad you saw my post and all that. Yes, I know about religion and people having unexplainable supernatural experiences. I don't have anything like that, and I think people who daydreamed up a supernatural experience shouldn't have literal certainty, just high confidence. (you'd also expect some high inconsistency in people who recount supernatural events. which unfortunately is probably true for qualia currently too, due to similar levels of how society spreads beliefs)
There is irony in using 'convert' when I was unconverted from believing these things by philosophical confusion, and then later untangled myself. Yes, you could go swap out any 'certainty' claim with any other words and mock the result. Sure,... (read more)
Hi, I was doing research on consciousness-related discussions, blah blah blah, 3 months old, would just like to reply to a few things you mentioned.
I know for certain that consciousness and qualia exist. I used to 'fall for' arguments that defined consciousness/qualia/free will as delusions or illusions because they were unobservable. Then, years later, I finally understood that I had some doublethink, and that these words actually were referring to something very simple and clear with my internal experience. I believed that the words were "meaningless" philosophy/morality words - for me, the lack of understanding WAS the 'gap' and they were referring to simple concepts all along.
The confusion of 'defining' these words... (read 454 more words →)
Count me (level 2 aphantasia, vivid dreams, if that matters at all) as no mindscape as well I guess. I feel like my mind is supposed to be this excellent thing that can get any info at any time (even if this is not true in ways like, I don't think I could list literally every aspect of a game without forgetting a little bit), if you asked me about a game mechanic or anything, so dimensionality feels like it's not how I'd picture it.