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LadyForCamus Offline
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RE: self illusion
April 5, 2019 at 10:09 pm
(April 5, 2019 at 9:52 pm)amerikkka Wrote:
(April 5, 2019 at 8:50 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: Lol, handle is “amerikkka”? I’ll eat my shoes if this one isn’t a troll.

the three k's stand for ku klux klan

Welllllll, there ya go!
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RE: self illusion
April 5, 2019 at 10:17 pm
(April 5, 2019 at 9:52 pm)amerikkka Wrote:
(April 5, 2019 at 8:50 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: Lol, handle is “amerikkka”? I’ll eat my shoes if this one isn’t a troll.

the three k's stand for ku klux klan

Is that an admission of trolling?

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RE: self illusion
April 6, 2019 at 12:31 am
No. But I bet he's got a tatt of the black sun on his neck! Hehe
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#14
RE: self illusion
April 8, 2019 at 8:09 am (This post was last modified: April 8, 2019 at 8:09 am by LastPoet.)
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RE: self illusion
April 8, 2019 at 8:20 am
(April 5, 2019 at 9:52 pm)joe90 Wrote:
(April 5, 2019 at 8:50 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: Lol, handle is “amerikkka”? I’ll eat my shoes if this one isn’t a troll.

the three k's stand for ku klux klan






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RE: self illusion
April 8, 2019 at 9:40 am
(April 5, 2019 at 7:28 pm)joe90 Wrote: How does the circuitry in my brain give me that "me" feeling? There must be a "me" feeling for every living thing, right? Why am I this "me" and not some other "me". I don't think you will understand what I am trying to ask, but I figured I'd try anyway, so here goes nothing....



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RE: self illusion
April 8, 2019 at 9:53 am
(April 5, 2019 at 7:28 pm)joe90 Wrote: How does the circuitry in my brain give me that "me" feeling? There must be a "me" feeling for every living thing, right? Why am I this "me" and not some other "me". I don't think you will understand what I am trying to ask, but I figured I'd try anyway, so here goes nothing....

It is very weird indeed. I would describe it as a pragmatic illusion of sorts. It’s reality somehow experiencing itself, and the internal processes and models are so complex that they "manifest" into a whole subjective VR experience.
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RE: self illusion
April 8, 2019 at 1:15 pm
(April 5, 2019 at 9:52 pm)joe90 Wrote:
(April 5, 2019 at 8:50 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: Lol, handle is “amerikkka”? I’ll eat my shoes if this one isn’t a troll.

the three k's stand for ku klux klan
Gosh, bet no one saw that coming....
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RE: self illusion
April 8, 2019 at 2:34 pm
[Image: icon_quote.jpg]LadyForCamus:
Lol, handle is “amerikkka”? I’ll eat my shoes if this one isn’t a troll.

What kind of shoes are we talking here? Will it be Streamed? This is the interwebs, you stand to make a substantial fortune, if you play those cards correctly.[Image: Thumbs%20Up.png]
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