(August 7, 2021 at 2:08 pm)Klorophyll Wrote: Nothing the brain produces comports with the external world,
If you believe that, you're a solipsist.
I didn't read Poca's post, but here's the deal. It is more plausible to think "healers" in ancient times were charlatans than to think that they might have actually had healing powers. Why is it more plausible? Look around. We have the same shit going on nowadays. Faith healers and the like. But never do they turn out to be provably genuine.
But they do turn out to be provably charlatans sometimes. What makes you think ancient times were any different?