SearbyMason

Gosh . . . . some folks here are really down on your question n_n. It was as if your question somehow offended them. Or . . . . perhaps it was like salt in a wound. Looking at conscoiusness can be scary; we can all be a bit defensive when we are a bit frightened. The online Oxford Dictionary defines "belief" as - 'an acceptance that something exists or is true, especially one without proof'. So belief is not a word I would use regarding my experience of consciousness. That experience is one of a suite of feelings, all connected but fluid and... (read more)

"What would you tell yourself, in your nihilistic moments?" In my nihilistic moments, the process of telling myself something, or just general thinking, is not very coherent. But I remember something I read many years ago, an arabic saying : "If you have no problems, buy a goat". I could not understand why I liked this seemingly useless piece of advice; it took a long time to creep up on me . . . . .your wrote "I generally don't care about the truth or falsehood of factual claims either. What does it matter?" This interests me, because it fronts as an observation but this is... (read more)