Do beliefs feel differently from the inside if they are internally identical, but don’t correspond to the same outside world?
I’m pretty sure identical brain states feel the same from the inside. I’m not sure that it feels like anything in particular to have a belief. What do you think about what I say in this comment?
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Do beliefs feel differently from the inside if they are internally identical, but don’t correspond to the same outside world?
I’m pretty sure identical brain states feel the same from the inside. I’m not sure that it feels like anything in particular to have a belief. What do you think about what I say in this comment?