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Philosophy

BigmanPigman

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1. I want to know how a blind since birth person

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Mon Sep 13, 2021, 01:33 AM

Sep 2021

can see colors, images, etc. that are accurate when they have NDEs (Near Death Experiences). "There are more things in heaven and Earth, Horatio, / Than are dreamt of in your philosophy". I wish we had the tools and minds available to answer so many of these questions that we have.

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Is reality real? These neuroscientists don't think so [View all] Uncle Joe Sep 2021 OP

I want to know how a blind since birth person BigmanPigman Sep 2021 #1

Could it be a sort of chemical hallucination that is beyond our walkingman Sep 2021 #3

And even the nature of "objective" reality is questioned Otto_Harper Sep 2021 #2

Words can not describe, multigraincracker Sep 2021 #4

Neuroscientists don't think reality is real? LudwigPastorius Sep 2021 #5

That should be tested by neuroscientists too. BigmanPigman Sep 2021 #8

Such bs. Everyone's reality is their reality. Period. brush Sep 2021 #6

so there is no objective external reality? Voltaire2 Sep 2021 #11

Then that becomes our reality. brush Sep 2021 #12

Many years ago I had a professor NullTuples Sep 2021 #7

Sounds like you lucked out with that professor. BigmanPigman Sep 2021 #9

Seems obvious to me. Kablooie Sep 2021 #10