Science-fiction is fun. — Truth Seeker
Are you talking about the untestable hypothesis that our perceived world could be a simulation or hallucination or dream or illusion? Then they are untestable ideas. If we could test them then the results would be in the "matter of facts" but we can't test them. — Truth Seeker
I am a pragmatist - no point wasting time on untestable ideas. — Truth Seeker
Elon Musk thinks that our perceived world is a simulation created by our descendants. I wish we knew more. — Truth Seeker
Thanks for the welcome. The true nature of the self, to keep it brief, is the being that exists in the mind prior to any sense perception. In other words, there is no self without sense perception of the world.
Ues, if you lost your senses after your self developed. But your self wouldn't develop if you didn't have the senses from the beginning.Why would there be no self without sensory perception of the world? If I am unable to touch, smell, hear, taste and see would my sense of self disappear? I doubt it. I would still be able to think and have emotions and have a personality and have values. — Truth Seeker
I don't understand. You just told Nemo that you "would still be able to think and have emotions and have a personality and have values."I could speculate what it may be like for such a baby to grow into an adult but that would be pure speculation - not facts. — Truth Seeker
Please see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTNvcy5LZPo where Elon Musk explains why he thinks we are living in a simulation. I don't agree with him. — Truth Seeker
Looks like I didn't understand him. — Truth Seeker
I'm not sure I understand your meaning. I'm thinking "self" and "mind" are the same. And I do not think either exists prior to any sense perception.The true nature of the self, to keep it brief, is the being that exists in the mind prior to any sense perception. In other words, there is no self without sense perception of the world. — Nemo2124
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