Looks like it's about to kick off in Donetsk. This will be a cake walk for Russia.

Proving to me that you are conscious? I'm not sure that's possible. In fact, I'm not sure that I'm not the only consciousness. Not that I don't think you're not conscious, I am just not convinced that we aren't the same observer looking through two apertures. And that has a big impact on how I see ...

I just recently learned that Oregon now has the most liberal drug laws in the country. We just passed a big thing over the winter and now, for possession of small personal amounts of anything you get a choice between a $100 fine or completing a health assessment at a treatment center. Heroin, meth, ...

Yes I'm conscious. But how do you know you're not just a simulation? By conscious I mean I have awareness and experience qualia. It is possible that I'm a NPC (non-player character) rather have having an existence outside the simulation like in the Roy game or the dream thought experiment. Why woul...

I'm gonna say neither is silent, it's a consonant blend like "ph" or "th". I don't think I agree. In a consonant blend, if you take away a consonant, the resulting pronunciation would change. Not necessarily, but I guess I used bad examples. Consonant blends also include combos like "bl" "sp" "rt" ...

JohnClay wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 15, 2022 10:44 pm

Yes I'm conscious.

But how do you know you're not just a simulation?

Senseye wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 15, 2022 10:46 pm

In the word scent is it the 's' or the 'c' that is silent? And how do you know?

I'm gonna say neither is silent, it's a consonant blend like "ph" or "th".

In these situations you've presented, a person comes from the real world into a simulation of the real world. It reproduces all of the same physics and logic and concepts of what a human being is. And you've also said that you suspect that you yourself are in a simulation like this. But what is it a...

Well, here we are. Nearly two years in. People still arguing about mandates. So much fear and anger. Some people have made a lot of money. We're in a k-shaped recovery, which is a nice euphemism for the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. Surging homelessness, drug and alcohol abuse, cr...

Immersive... so does it draw you into the world more if you believe that there are others like yourself? How would it be different if you didn't assume that others are conscious?

JohnClay wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 25, 2022 12:17 am

I'm not sure if I'm the only conscious being but I think many of the people in the world aren't....

How would you know whether or not someone is?