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by JKCalhoun 1120 days ago
What's special about self-awareness? Could it be a trick of the brain?

It's like the story of Jimi Hendrix dropping acid and playing amazingly well. Or, rather Jimi under the influence thought so — until he heard the recordings.

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> Could it be a trick of the brain?

A "magic" trick perhaps? One that can't be explained by anything we currently know about physics? The materialist point of view is becoming increasingly incoherent and I think that's what angers many of them.

If it’s a trick of the brain, who is being tricked?