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Just read this and tell me what you think.
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RE: Just read this and tell me what you think.
June 3, 2015 at 9:29 am
ah.... I see it... my brain is in the matrix. How can I tell that it is not?!
I can't, if the matrix is constructed well enough.

But if reality is different from how I perceive it, then... maybe if I take an unbiased sensor - one that works the same way regardless of who is holding it.... say like a camera!
If the picture on the camera is the same as the "picture" in the brain, and other people agree with that, then I guess we have a good basis to trust that our senses - in this case, sight - are measuring the reality that is and not some alternative reality that a brain may randomly produce from some faulty sensors.
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Just read this and tell me what you think. - by rary - June 3, 2015 at 9:02 am
RE: Just read this and tell me what you think. - by pocaracas - June 3, 2015 at 9:29 am

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