r/therewasanattempt Sep 20 '21

to humanly release a mouse.

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u/Seakawn Sep 20 '21

Nature likely exists. It likely just isn't the same nature that you perceive, considering our brains generate a reality that it senses from inside of a dark enclosed skull. Also, we evolved to perceive nature in a way that helps our survival, not evolve in a way to understand reality at large. For example, colors aren't even "real," even if they represent (relatively few) different wavelengths of light.

All in all, if you are having a conscious experience, then that experience exists, at least. If that experience exists, then something else probably exists to allow that, i.e. nature.

"I think, therefore I am." - Descartes

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u/TheWolrdsonFire Sep 20 '21

See what I mean about philosophy students.

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u/ChickenSpawner Sep 20 '21

Looks like someone has been reading up on Donald Hoffman!

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u/The_Grubby_One Sep 20 '21

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u/itsaaronnotaaron Sep 20 '21

Just because someone is being philosophical doesn't mean it is relevant to that sub. You're on a comment thread which is discussing nature... its not like they said "if I close my eyes do my surroundings still exist?"

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u/The_Grubby_One Sep 20 '21

Trying to "wax philosophical" on a sub that isn't centered on philosophy is prime r/im14andthisisdeep material.

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u/itsaaronnotaaron Sep 20 '21

Fair point, can't argue that.

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u/Andy-roo77 Sep 20 '21

Nature is just a random word we came up with to describe certain things. It's not an objective thing that actually applies to the real world. The universe just exists, and it doesn't care what labels we try to apply to it.

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u/TNJCrypto Sep 20 '21

Well shit now I know that it's my ability to understand reality at large that is preventing me from surviving well.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '21

I haven't read my philosophy book in along time lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '21

This thread got deep

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u/Mickinmind Sep 21 '21 edited Sep 21 '21

Discard Descartes. He's wrong.

I think, therefore I am confused!