I think that there are other minds similar to mine, so I am not a solipsist. But I also don't think that we have direct access to a shared reality. We are just creating dreams with somewhat isomorphic properties. Each dream is self-contained. Every brain dreams its own universe.
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Replying to @Plinz
How do you know that you're not simply dreaming of the existence of other minds similar to yours? Does solipsism preclude the possibility of other dreaming minds? You can still be a solipsist even if you think there are other minds, because you are the one thinking it.
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Replying to @RitaJKing
The theory that there is a physical world with a ground truth, and that it contains brains that generate minds with dreams of a world similar to mine yields very good predictions.
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Replying to @Plinz
I'm with you in theory, but in practice I'd still love to see the way the characters line up in the similar dreams. If the dreams are similar, then does the character appear consistent in the various similar minds?
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Replying to @RitaJKing
Category theory suggests that there are only so many useful fractals. Dennis Morris suggests there is only one possible physics. Perhaps there is also a limit on how many kinds of useful models brains can generate?
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Replying to @Plinz
If A is a character in A's own dream and B has a similar dream, does A appear consistent in the dream of both A and B?
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Replying to @RitaJKing
No, our self perception is probably much less reliable than the way other, perceptive people perceive us.
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Replying to @Plinz
In some ways yes and in other ways, no. Depends on lots of factors. This is why I like the Johari window.
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Replying to @RitaJKing
I just read about it. I perceive people like very complex dancers with distinct styles, each with their own kinetic logic. I don't think that the Johari model does these dances justice.
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It is one of these cases where the current language and concepts are insufficient to talk about what we see.
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