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by zbyte64 3937 days ago
> The nature of consciousness is a black box. Therefore the nature of measurement, of assurance that mathematics matches reality, is only within the context of conscious observation, which is therefore subjective.

Consciousness has a track record of taking a black box and deducing what is going on inside.

> The objective truth will not be found within subjection.

Wouldn't you need to understand the nature of subjective processes in order to stipulate such a limit? If you don't understand consciousness then you do not understand its limits.

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Yes, but it all rests on a foundation that the inside of the black box is similar to the outside of the black box. And that, may be totally false.