On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Sergio Pissanetzky <[email protected]> wrote: > Logan, > > Still, there is the mad scientist experiment. This scientist has extracted > your brain, erased everything from it, and connected it to a computer under > his control. Now he just sends signals and makes you believe anything he > wants you to believe. But then, how do you know you are not already the > subject of such experiment? Don't worry. An electrical engineer already > found the answer. He said: What if there is a power outage?
Yes, that kind of thought experiment, "brain in a vat" is what the philosophical field of epistemology most loves to waste their time with. It's actually very simple, what you experience, is your truth. Occam's razor slices off any matrix style redirection. If I have some kind of experience, that is the truth of the matter, period. If someone else experiences me differently, that's their truth, if we communicate about it, then we can share a reality of common truths. > > I am a Physicist, kind of what-you-see-is-what-you-get person. And I treat > what I see the same way. If I see it, I try to explain it. It works > sometimes. > > Sergio > Yep, same. ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-c97d2393 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-2484a968 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
