• Deme@sopuli.xyz
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      19 days ago

      An interesting take, but surely there would still have to be some substrate to facilitate the thinking (a thinker)? A brain in a jar might not be what you think of yourself, but whatever is thinking the thoughts which you consider your own, definitely has to exist.

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      But then what perceives the illusion? How can the whole concept of an illusion have any meaning without a thinker to perceive what isn’t true?