RE: If it wasn't for religion
January 31, 2019 at 7:35 pm
(This post was last modified: January 31, 2019 at 7:36 pm by Acrobat.)
(January 31, 2019 at 7:26 pm)Dr H Wrote:(January 30, 2019 at 5:01 pm)Acrobat Wrote: 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.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.
And, of course, there's hypnosis and other forms of suggestion.
Optical illusion was not at the top of my list.
Sure, like a brain in vat scenario, or us living in the matrix.
If they were true would cast doubt all of perceptions and experiences. But absent of any defeater, like some compelling factor to make me think im a brain in vat, I have no reasons to doubt my sense experiences.
