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How could we trust our consciousness ?!
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RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?!
(December 26, 2018 at 2:27 am)Gae Bolga Wrote:
(December 26, 2018 at 1:53 am)zainab Wrote: If consciousness is a product of evolution, how can we trust its outputs?

Do not we live in a bubble .. Illusion of knowledge?

We probably shouldn't, lol.  At least not unreservedly (and we really don't, anyway..most of us at least understand the concept of our mind playing tricks on us - we know it's a thing).  

The brain is a tool for finding lunch, not truth.  I regard the latter as a happy (or tragic) coincidence.

This means that the only truth we can trust is what our stomachs say  Hungry
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How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by zainab - December 26, 2018 at 1:53 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by Peebo-Thuhlu - December 26, 2018 at 2:23 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by zainab - December 26, 2018 at 2:45 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by bennyboy - December 26, 2018 at 3:39 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by zainab - December 26, 2018 at 4:01 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by bennyboy - December 26, 2018 at 7:17 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by Mr.Obvious - December 26, 2018 at 4:48 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by zainab - December 27, 2018 at 2:16 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by Amarok - December 27, 2018 at 2:45 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by Mr.Obvious - December 27, 2018 at 4:19 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by zainab - December 27, 2018 at 7:10 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by unfogged - December 27, 2018 at 8:35 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by Grandizer - December 27, 2018 at 11:32 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by Alan V - December 27, 2018 at 10:51 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by Amarok - December 26, 2018 at 5:01 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by Alan V - December 26, 2018 at 6:42 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by brewer - December 26, 2018 at 7:44 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by Amarok - December 26, 2018 at 9:01 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by zainab - December 27, 2018 at 4:11 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by polymath257 - December 27, 2018 at 11:07 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by brewer - December 27, 2018 at 11:54 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by Brian37 - December 26, 2018 at 9:07 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by Angrboda - December 26, 2018 at 9:08 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by Alan V - December 26, 2018 at 10:56 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by Grandizer - December 26, 2018 at 11:38 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by Alan V - December 26, 2018 at 11:48 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by brewer - December 26, 2018 at 12:03 pm
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by zainab - December 30, 2018 at 2:23 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by polymath257 - December 30, 2018 at 9:08 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by unfogged - December 26, 2018 at 9:35 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by Dmitry1983 - December 26, 2018 at 9:57 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by brewer - December 26, 2018 at 11:34 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by polymath257 - December 26, 2018 at 1:07 pm
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by Angrboda - December 26, 2018 at 2:06 pm
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by polymath257 - December 26, 2018 at 2:16 pm
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by Angrboda - December 26, 2018 at 6:59 pm
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by polymath257 - December 26, 2018 at 7:49 pm
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by LastPoet - December 26, 2018 at 1:17 pm
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by Alan V - December 26, 2018 at 1:50 pm
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by zainab - December 30, 2018 at 5:03 am
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by Brian37 - December 26, 2018 at 3:51 pm
RE: How could we trust our consciousness ?! - by bennyboy - December 27, 2018 at 12:26 am

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