A question about Truth

[bennyboy]

I contend there are at least three observations which deny us direct access:
1) There is a processing lag in consciousness. Reality may have moved on
2) There is a lag in information transit across space
3) Our observations of reality could be counterfeited

Our brain states are part of reality. If our brain states are mind, as the available evidence seems to suggest, then brain states a part of reality that we have direct access to.

Maybe. But when we perceive, it's not because we are interested in our brain states. It's because we are connecting with an apparent external realtiy. There's no reason you could have symbolic representations of that apparent reality in another medium: in the Matrix, maybe, or encoded in the positioning of shells on the beach.