Obviously there is a lot more going on inside the human’s brain, but I still don’t understand how the thermostat has any particular kind of connection to reality that the human lacks.
The thermostat lacks the ability to reflect on itself, as well as the mind-projection machinery that deludes human beings into thinking that their preferences are “about” the reality they influence and are influenced by.
edit: I’m not trying to antagonize you, but I genuinely can’t tell whether you are trying to communicate something that I’m not understanding, or you’ve just read The Secret one too many times.
You’re definitely rounding to a cliche. The Secret folks think that our preferences create the universe, which is just as delusional as thinking our preferences are about the universe.
The thermostat lacks the ability to reflect on itself, as well as the mind-projection machinery that deludes human beings into thinking that their preferences are “about” the reality they influence and are influenced by.
You’re definitely rounding to a cliche. The Secret folks think that our preferences create the universe, which is just as delusional as thinking our preferences are about the universe.
You don’t understand how something can be about something else, but declare it meaningless.