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David Chalmers: The Hard Problem of Consciousness

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Is It Possible to Really Forget the External World?

Do you think it's possible with the brain outside of the virtual grid when you're wearing a headset to create a new consciousness for prolonged periods of time? So this is going to be the case where the brain is still outside, but could living in the VR, I mean, we already find this right with video games. It's almost possible to really forget the external world. Really, really immerse yourself. What to forget completely? Why would we forget? We got pretty good memories. Maybe you can stop paying attention to the externally world. But that would probably take somepretty serious drugs or something to make your room,. "It's impossible. It's impossible"

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