RE: LSD's Effects on Relevance and Meaning Depends on Serotonin Receptor
But perhaps I know more than you. That's why I would clearly state that dreams are instances of using your imagination while asleep, and reality as it appears to a living thing, is an abstraction of the information our primitive sensory organs provide us.
I don't disagree with any of this, I was merely pointing out the fact that we can't be certain that something like "solipsism" (as an example) isn't the true nature of "reality". And, since this is the case, we're being dishonest, either out of arrogance or ignorance, to state that anything is the "truth".
We can say that something is true relative to our current understanding of how the world operates (current scientific models of the universe/ physics/ etc.), but to say that something is absolutely, undeniably true is ignorant, it's simply not true.
You can be certain that you exist, because, well, there you are, thinking, breathing, etc. However, you can't be certain that anything exists outside of your mind. You can't be 100% sure that you aren't always dreaming, even when you have thousands of memories, creating continuity of experience and consistency of environment/ laws of physics/ what-have-you, to draw on to assure you that you're experiencing the "real", as opposed to the dream.
Call it wishy-washy if you want. Call it whatever you fancy. The fact remains that the scientific approach fails, and, in fact has no way, to disprove the alternate hypothesis that consciousness, not matter, is the "real".
What good does it do to dwell on what you're saying?
I wouldn't say you're wrong about it being utterly provable or unprovable. Only that it's irrelevant.
It seems like a way to be able to undermine any argument you want, the same way that "maybe it's aliens" guy is able to say "I'm not saying it was aliens, but it might be aliens".
Of course, it MIGHT be aliens, but at the end of the day, I do want to make a decision on how this universe works, instead of just standing in limbo. And I don't want to just accept the most stupid answer either, just because "maybe it's true".
Now, I'll forgive you if you're young. If you're new to this world, then yeah, your opinion is a good starting point. But if you're some geezer, and you're still stuck at not knowing if reality is real or not, then I really don't know what to say.
The scientific approach does not fail to disprove that consciousness is more real than matter.
The scientific approach, if we take every single fact we know all at the same time, and comprehend it all at the same time, we get a very reasonable picture of reality. One that consistently makes sense, and doesn't feel like it's deliberately wrong, the way "consciousness exists, but matter doesn't" sounds.
You need to have a firm footing in philosophy, as well as true courage and determination if you want to get by in this life. You need to make a choice on what you believe.
Do you think that consciousness is the basis of reality, rather than reality being the basis of reality? I mean, do you think it so much that you're going to call it truth or wisdom? Are you going to live your life on this principle?
I am not interested in a hypothesis that doesn't go anywhere and doesn't provide useful information.
I just don't have time for this sort of wishy-washy behavior from you.
You are being troublesome if you're going to tell me that reality isn't real.
It's just not a wise move to go that direction.
You'll end up insane.