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I can see the "self" being an illusion, but I don't understand how consciousness can be an illusion. Isn't it the only thing that we could concretely say isn't
by Trasmatta 5y ago
I can see the "self" being an illusion, but I don't understand how consciousness can be an illusion. Isn't it the only thing that we could concretely say isn't illusory? Since a sense of self and consciousness aren't the same thing, as your "self" can melt away through meditation or drugs, but consciousness remains.
(I'm also a materialist, I just don't quite understand how that means consciousness is illusory.)
- ryandvm 5y agoIndeed. Consciousness itself is quite real (mine is anyway). It's the experience and awareness of my place in this simulation of the world that my meat-based computer is running. Turn off my simulation (sleep, anestesia, death) and consciousness goes away.