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by Winsaucerer 1681 days ago
> incorrect interpretations

> they can all experience illusions

> mental model

The OP was trying to explain away consciousness as some illusion, while the person you responded to rightly pointed out "An illusion can only happen to conscious beings, so saying that it's an illusion doesn't add anything explanatory to the mystery of consciousness".

Your attempt to define/explain what 'illusion' might be is similarly unhelpful, because you are appealing to mental/consciousness related terms like 'interpretation', 'experience', and 'mental model'. It seems like you're depending on the very thing you're trying to explain away, just as the original 'illusion' claim did.