[xaver]

How would you even know if you did? What would you have to see or experience about reality or yourself to make you change your mind? How can you know that you haven't already experienced such a thing and just didn't recognize it?

[Nursie]

To me that's kind of like saying "how would you know if you're addicted to nicotine if you never tried smoking? You could be feeling the pull of the addiction already and not even know it!"

I know that's an extreme example, and quite negative, so may not map fully to what we'e talking aabout. It just sorta popped in there.