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If we all live in the same universe under the same physics laws, the only thing that makes us ignorant of each other's experience are physical boundaries. That
by young_unixer 6y ago
If we all live in the same universe under the same physics laws, the only thing that makes us ignorant of each other's experience are physical boundaries.
That may seem obvious from a logical standpoint, but if you think about it on LSD it will seem obvious from an emotional standpoint as well.
Each one of us is a process, and our IPC mechanisms are pretty limited and slow. Imagine if they weren't.
Our experiences are 8K movies with surround sound and the English language is XML over a 56k connection.
- sitkack 6y agoLanguage is so much more than that. We experience the world in something like 16k+ but we don't re-experience the world for others with the same fidelity w/o a lot of work. That is why we write poetry and use simile and analogy to communicate experiences and concepts. https://youtu.be/8ch_H8pt9M8 https://youtu.be/8ch_H8pt9M8