[FRIAM] The Atlantic article on "the illusion of reality"

[Russell Standish]

On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 10:44:51PM +0000, Marcus Daniels wrote:
> 
> Isn't it plausible that there are different psychological laws in
> different bubbles of the multiverse?   


Obviously. Differences in "laws" means they're not laws, of course, but
geographical facts. 

> How would minds span these multiverses to find out if there are universal laws?
> 

In much the same way as porcupines have sex - with difficulty! But I'm
an optimistic guy - I think it is doable. Ultimately, we probably
won't know for sure, though, without a decent theory of consciousness.

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