Truth Seeker

It's not a belief. It's an imaginative exploration of a hypothetical situation. This is what science-fiction writers do. This is why I said "What if".

Thank you for the link. I have begun to read it.

I think he is delusional and talks nonsense!

No, the first banana has been broken down by your digestive system. You can't eat it again. You can't sell it or donate it to someone else either. Yes...

I can prove that if you have one banana and you eat it, you won't have a banana left. There are trillions of such things that I can prove. So, it's in...

Thank you for the link. I was already familiar with the inefficiency of the recurrent laryngeal nerve in humans and giraffes but I didn't know about t...

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this important issue. Are the choices made by organisms inevitable given their genes, environments, nutrients, ...

Thank you for sharing your beliefs about this. Can you prove your claims?

Here is my first post in this thread: I clearly stated my position that "Organisms make choices but their choices are not free from their genes, envir...

What if I exist as an immaterial soul that is experiencing the illusion of being in physical body on a physical planet in a physical universe?

Why would it be physically impossible?

The key issue here is not complexity. The key issue here is the structure. A baby's brain is complex but there is a huge difference in structure betwe...

I didn't say this was an actual event. I am talking about a hypothetical scenario. That's why I said "What if".

You are missing my point. What if I am in a special dream which lasts six hours of actual time but 100 years of experiential time? What if I am an ali...

I am not convinced. I think that it is extremely unlikely that my perceived reality is a simulation or hallucination or dream or illusion but it does ...

I am surprised that you have not watched The Matrix, Predestination and The Truman Show. They are such excellent movies for philosophical discussions....

The way clouds behave and the way brains behave are due to their structure. A cloud can't assess whether 2+2=4 or 2+2=5 is true. We can. The reason we...

Sure, we can do that. We can also explore the following movies if you want to. Have you seen the following movies? 1. The Matrix 2. Predestination 3. ...

I am surprised that you haven't read the Bible at all. It's the bestselling book in the world so far. Christianity is the most popular religion on Ear...

There are five possibilities when it comes to the real world: The real word is: 1. Real 2. Simulation 3. Hallucination 4. Dream 5. Illusion It's not p...

I am familiar with Christianity. I am an ex-Christian. Have you read the whole Bible? I have. It's the most evil book I have ever read. Please see: ht...

What reason do we have to think they are unreliable under a deterministic framework? There is nothing irrational about any physical processes e.g. clo...

I understand how you feel. Like you, I used to be religious. Like you, I found leaving religion very difficult. If you want to talk more about it, you...

I agree.

I appreciate lots of things but what is ultimately the point of existence? If I could have prevented my existence, I would have done so a long time ag...

The workings of the brain create perceptions, thoughts, emotions, actions. None of these things are dumb physical processes. That's not true. If an or...

Thank you for answering my question.

Thank you for sharing your beliefs.

I agree with you. I was merely talking about a hypothetical scenario - not an actual scenario. That is why I used the word "If".

Like you, I too do not have a religion.

I read the book almost five years ago. Before reading the book, I used to think of the self as a fixed entity rather like souls which are fixed entiti...

You are misattributing the words to me. I said "Quoting the description of the book". I don't know who wrote the description - maybe it was the author...

I am just aware of the possibility that my perceived reality could be a simulation or hallucination or dream or illusion. It does not mean that I am c...

That's interesting.

I am open to new knowledge. I have studied neuroscience so I am basing my view on what we currently know. Would you choose to be uploaded if it became...

Uploading is an interesting idea. That would require our consciousness, personality and memories to be substrate independent. As far as I know, our co...

I don't know what the whole truth about reality is. That is why I am the Truth Seeker, not the Truth Knower.

So, is the self an entity the way a soul is an entity that can be resurrected or reincarnated?

I didn't say that you will agree with me if you read the book. I expect people to make up their own minds about everything. I have never asked anyone ...

What do you mean by "So the OP is not the actual case."? I said "It's possible that my body, the Earth, the universe, and all the other living things ...

This is what I originally said: I didn't say it was actually the case. How could I possibly know what the actual case is? There is no way for me to te...

It is impossible to test the simulation/hallucination/dream/illusion hypothesis. Just as it is impossible to test the solipsism hypothesis. According ...

You don't have to read the book if you don't want to. My recommendation to read it is just that - a recommendation. I am convinced by the contents of ...

I disagree. I could be a disembodied soul experiencing the simulation or hallucination or dream or illusion that I am in a human body, in a universe w...

Welcome to the forum. I am quoting ChatGPT 4:

The word "illusion" means "not what it seems". That's all there is to it.

Did you read the book or not? You need to read the book to understand why there is no "You" inside your head.

It's possible that my body, the Earth, the universe, and all the other living things including you, are all part of a simulation or a hallucination or...

We are not our body, but we appear to be embodied. I agree about the mind dying when the body dies.

It feels like my locus of consciousness is behind my eyes and between my ears. I imagine it feels that way for you also. Our words reflect our experie...