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Anirudh Sharma

['Member']Joined: April 23, 2019 at 12:52Last active: January 16, 2020 at 17:151 discussions9 comments

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Im usually sceptical to theories like that, but im not aware of his arguments, so i will read up on that.
April 24, 2019 at 02:20
Its not! And yes it might all be created by consciousness, that is a comoelling theory. But to me it does seem like a neurological phenomenon.
April 24, 2019 at 02:12
I don't have an answer to that, i mean we haven't yet worked out the working of the "mind", so how do you upload it and expect a mind to be uploaded. ...
April 24, 2019 at 02:10
But dont you think there should be a mind for an illusion to exist?
April 24, 2019 at 02:06
I understand what you're saying, but the the fact that consciousness is created by a bunch of cells is a bit ambiguous, of course there is a bias in w...
April 23, 2019 at 17:30
That is what i am most compelled to think. a body producing a mind, but that makes my 'mind' 'wander' over questions that largely concern biology, whi...
April 23, 2019 at 17:25
Yes that is what i am compelled to think, and what the first option i gave means actually. So what to you is 'thinking'?
April 23, 2019 at 17:20
Well what if you think of it this way, your brain which most likely controls thought and who we are as a person,is dependent on other essential parts ...
April 23, 2019 at 17:04
Well,actually the only thing you can be sure exists is yourself. If your friend says," I think, therefore I am" , you cannot conclude that he exists! ...
April 23, 2019 at 13:19