Secondarily, I feel like it's difficult to make inferences about consciousness though I understand why you would given that the predicate of the reality that you can access is your individual consciousness.
There are countless configurations of reality that are plausible where you're the only "conscious" being but it looks identical to how it looks now.
Basically, the reporting machinery is compromised in the same way that with the Müller-Lyer illusion you can "know" the lines are the same length but not perceive them as such.
ASalazarMX|4 days ago
- I know I am conscious.
- It's likely that as a random human, I am in the belly of the bell curve.
- It's likely that you're also a random human, and share my characteristics.
- Then, it's very likely that you know you're conscious too.
I can't be absolutely certain, but I'd bet a million dollars on you being conscious vs an automaton.
catigula|4 days ago
Secondarily, I feel like it's difficult to make inferences about consciousness though I understand why you would given that the predicate of the reality that you can access is your individual consciousness.
There are countless configurations of reality that are plausible where you're the only "conscious" being but it looks identical to how it looks now.
Trasmatta|4 days ago
catigula|4 days ago
etc, etc.
Basically, the reporting machinery is compromised in the same way that with the Müller-Lyer illusion you can "know" the lines are the same length but not perceive them as such.