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It fucking is (lemy.lol)
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[–] 12 points 3 days ago (5 children)

It's the "self" part that's the illusion there. There's just consciousness and its content. There's no "you" in there that's somehow separate from the process in your brain causing it to feel like something to be.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 days ago (4 children)

    Yep, this is why it's possible to "reason" ourselves into any position over time, we just have to feel a certain way for long enough for rational justifications to seem plausible.

    (Makes it damn hard to derive meaning from anything after a while)

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago

    And feelings/emotions are just mental shortcuts or high speed memory caches like in a cpu. They can be changed as well. Read "how emotions are made" by Lisa Barrett Feldman if you want to know more.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (2 children)

    Meaning sure, but enjoyment is still right there. Maybe a little absurdity too, for a taste of the numinous.

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