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JoeyB

['Member']Joined: May 19, 2020 at 22:38Last active: May 25, 2020 at 21:031 discussions8 comments

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In: If you were just a brain; what would life be like?  — view comment
Thank you for the welcome :)
May 25, 2020 at 20:17
In: If you were just a brain; what would life be like?  — view comment
I've just realised this is your forum :lol: I'll see myself out
May 25, 2020 at 20:02
In: If you were just a brain; what would life be like?  — view comment
I don't want to fall out as you provided me insight into my own bias and I am grateful for that. However, the question was "how" do you know? You have...
May 25, 2020 at 19:54
In: If you were just a brain; what would life be like?  — view comment
I could choose a less popular idea if you prefer? The point was that you cannot be sure you are "a body, which very importantly includes a brain."
May 25, 2020 at 19:50
In: If you were just a brain; what would life be like?  — view comment
I personally downloaded your consciousness into a computer, after you died (in the traditional sense) on May 24th 2020. The technology to do so has no...
May 25, 2020 at 19:45
In: How to accept the unnaturalness of modern civilization?  — view comment
As a real world example, how do you think the apartheid would have played out with that mentality?
May 25, 2020 at 19:35
In: If you were just a brain; what would life be like?  — view comment
You picked up on some bias' in my question that I had not :) However; How can you be so sure you are a body "which very importantly includes a brain"?
May 25, 2020 at 19:29
In: How to accept the unnaturalness of modern civilization?  — view comment
I found that quite thought provoking. Why is loathing not productive, except at least a starting point? I probably would have picked an argument other...
May 19, 2020 at 23:02
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