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Comment by trevyn

Remember that “the hard problem” might not exist at all in the scientific formulation you expect, but instead arise out of a failure to internally reconcile archaic Cartesian dualistic thought patterns with established neuroscience.

In other words, perhaps people are taught to have subjective experience — how to be a subject, because it has certain advantages in our current social context.

And this may not be the only way to be.

And this may be what psychedelics teach.

parent trevyn 6 years ago

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