TMTV's Shortform
post by TMTV · 2022-11-29T19:02:46.455Z · LW · GW · 2 comments2 comments
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comment by TMTV · 2022-11-29T14:31:00.411Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Thought can only be abstract. Our experience does not exist in the real world, but rather as a simulation of stimuli. Our identities, or egos, do not exist in anything other than a multimedia novel of either mind or machine.
Replies from: ZT5↑ comment by ZT5 · 2022-12-10T00:25:30.047Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
I mean, everything that exists is "real", even a program running on a computer. It is a process caused by atoms. Everything can be reduced to math/physics.
But sure, it is important to be able to separate the different abstraction layers. Thoughts and experiences exist on a different abstraction layer than atoms, even the perspective of atoms (or quarks) is perfectly valid and correctly describes all existence.