Deception, yes. But how does one avoid being deluded with regards to what we mutually define as an accurate representation of reality?
We may all be brains in a vat, but within this shared experience of being brains in a vat, people are people, pumpkins are pumpkins , and a claim made by a person to BE A PUMPKIN does not accurately reflect reality, as agreed upon within our human construct of what constitutes reality. Vat or not.
We may all be brains in a vat, but within this shared experience of being brains in a vat, people are people, pumpkins are pumpkins , and a claim made by a person to BE A PUMPKIN does not accurately reflect reality, as agreed upon within our human construct of what constitutes reality. Vat or not.