Ep. 195 - What Can Consciousness Tell Us About Fundamental Reality? w/ Dr. Josh Rasmussen
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What Is the Difference Between Nothing and Nothing?
Many philosophers are plagued by this sot of hard problem of how you explain consciousness. I quote a philosopher who makes the argument that there aren't thoughts anywhere in reality, not in your own mind and nowhere else. And so i'm very sincere in that opening argument. Like, i do feel this sort of pressureike, how could there be anything that actually has thoughts, feelings, emotions, m a sense of self? Even if the self is an illusion, there's the sense of self. How can that exist? There is almost like this magic, you know, like rubbing a lamp and then magic pops out.
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