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kelseyfrog
13 hours ago
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What is it like to be a bat? (1974) [pdf]
How do you know that? Do you know what it's like to be me?
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jubilanti
12 hours ago
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You're close, really close! None of us know what it is like to be anyone else, that's the point. We think we can imagine we know, but we truly do not.
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fredoliveira
13 hours ago
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They can make the claim to know what it is like to be you as much as you can make the claim that you know what it is like to be a bat.
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kelseyfrog
13 hours ago
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I will know the difference. That's enough for me.
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satvikpendem
12 hours ago
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How will you know the difference unless you are a bat? You cannot.
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kelseyfrog
10 hours ago
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I can. You don't have access to my subjective experience to be able to claim I don't.
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satvikpendem
6 hours ago
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You can't because you cannot become a bat, so thinking you can is just that, thought. I don't need your subjective experience to know.
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