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Old December 29th, 2008   #1
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A solopsist question

Here something to ponder:: How can it be determined that my experience of consciousness is the same as anyone else's experience of consciousness?

I'm don't think that question is purely solopsist but i think it fits loosely. My answer to that question is insufficient in my eyes. I think of consciousness as abstract, and use the "color" theory if you've ever heard of it. For example

Imagine your blue. My "red" could be your blue, but we would still both call it blue because thats how we are accustomed to seeing it and calling it.

And also since i am currently too drunk to elaborate on any of this I got another question. If you try to fail, and you succeed, then which would you have done? Failed or Succeeded?
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neither, you havent failed or succeeded. Technically you have failed at not failing that which you aimed at, but you have succeeded at failing. The two cancel each other out. Ying yang..
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Here something to ponder:: How can it be determined that my experience of consciousness is the same as anyone else's experience of consciousness?

I'm don't think that question is purely solopsist but i think it fits loosely. My answer to that question is insufficient in my eyes. I think of consciousness as abstract, and use the "color" theory if you've ever heard of it. For example

Imagine your blue. My "red" could be your blue, but we would still both call it blue because thats how we are accustomed to seeing it and calling it.

And also since i am currently too drunk to elaborate on any of this I got another question. If you try to fail, and you succeed, then which would you have done? Failed or Succeeded?
cuddles and i wrote half a book on this exact topic
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well everyone sees the color wheel the same right?

I mean if people saw purple as pink it wouldn't work with the color wheel

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That does make sense in other areas though. Some people think certain foods taste bad, others think those same foods taste good. So people have different perceptions of the 'reality' of how good it is.
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actually you're wrong. it would take a bit to explain, and im late for work - but who says i see the same thing you see? we just both see something, and we call it the same thing...
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but who says i see the same thing you see? we just both see something, and we call it the same thing...
half a book? holy hell..

But yeah, that's exactly what I'm trying to get at.
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half a book? holy hell..

But yeah, that's exactly what I'm trying to get at.
half a fucking BIG book......
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why did you stop halfway?
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why did you stop halfway?
multiple reasons.
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multiple reasons.
among those reasons is there booze/drugs involved? hehe
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