(January 30, 2019 at 5:01 pm)Acrobat Wrote:Actually I was thinking of direct brain stimulation of those parts of the brain which are active when you do perceive a cup that is actually there. This could be done electrically, with certain drugs, and possibly magnetically.(January 30, 2019 at 4:45 pm)Dr H Wrote: Even off-hand I can think of at least a half-dozen ways to make you think you "see" a cup that isn't there.
Sure, by the sort of optical illusions magicians use, or etc.... But i have no reason to think the cup I'm seeing in front of me now is such an illusion. I have no reason to doubt my perception here.
And, of course, there's hypnosis and other forms of suggestion.
Optical illusion was not at the top of my list.
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Dr H
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Dr H
"So, I became an anarchist, and all I got was this lousy T-shirt."
