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Originally Posted by kinnikpasswordforgetter
the first sentence doesn't mean anything. i don't agree with the second. you can't do anything to reality. you are inside it.
you won't agree with me, neither will the majority of people except for strains of buddhism. its a view that is violently in opposition to the western conception of self.
an easy way to understand it is to think about how all concious decisions are made in certain areas of the brain a split second before you become concioussly aware of them. therefore there is no free will. hard for people to face up to but its been verified by neuroscientists.
you could read thomas metzinger if you still think you have a self. but really you have to go to buddhism (and actually understand it which is not easy) to get right down to it.
or, even better would be to read scott bakkers outstanding horror novel neuropath were he faces up to these truths.
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I stand corrected. Even though, you filthy slut, my reality affects you. And I'm going to bed now. Slut.