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I am going to drop out from this thread for awhile because I think my situation and circumstances are causing my thoughts to roam chaotically to the detriment of this thread. I am not thinking clearly and don't want to throw off or deter the fruits of better (and more studied) contributors by...

Commenting on my own points because [Gene, Randal, please fix the edit flag...we are adults here] editing is bad "The They"....an unfortunate overloaded political term that actually within it's depths addresses very fundamental issues To be clear and brief it is the most incisive way to...

I was trying to say my thesis doesn't imply solipsism (probably one of the most epic and retarded "solution" to recursive skepticism) A "thing" is a "think" with may have triggered this (unexpectedly because I didn't even fathom your point till now...lol).... But we aren't talking about one...

A thing is a think...that doesn't mean that every thinks are things

I don't think solipsism is required...remember we aren't talking about epistemology here...epistemology breaks down precisely where it originates with the questioner....how do "WE" know what we [think] "WE" know....all sorts of assumptions explode into the questioner's center of questioning and...

*sigh* why am I writing scripts at home on my day off...I knew this whole "working from home" thing would be a disaster to my routine....

ok soupie, you win...still comprehensible because I've actually heard certain individuals using "they" for "the"...damnit...pick another translation!

Fixed (sort of) ...another snippet It was evident that Javert must have been exasperated beyond measure before he would permit himself to apostrophize they sergeant as he had done, after they mayor’s suggestion that Fantine should be set at liberty. Had he reached they point of forgetting they...

Feel free to download and run the python script and see for yourself...try other translations by changing the translate_line(line) function http://www.gutenberg.org/files/135/135-0.txt For instance you can change "a" to "I" ...might want to import the re package "import re" and use regex to...

forgive my previous post...won't edit it because it will be flagged...somehow the whitespaces where eliminated when I copied my code...here it is in the correct form:

(1) you might find Les Miserables incomprehensible with "the" changed to "they"--I just downloaded the text and created a python script to do the translation...I find it most disconcerting " “At liberty! I am to be allowed to go! I am not to go to prison for six months! Who said that? It is not...

And yes...I hate word salads myself...thanks for giving me a benefit of doubt :)

Example 1: "I see a tree through a window" Example 2: "I infer and feel my own internal and transparent window to example" Example 3: "I encapsulate and wonder about what allowed me to make example 1 and 2 connected" First order, second order....then we stand between two mirrors facing each...

"It would help me a lot if you could replace the word "objects" with an example of the objects you are referring to, and replacing the word "terms" with some specific "terms" you are referring to, and put them together in a coherent sentence or paragraph that describes how they function as the...

Consciousness, Being and Sentience....is a chain of inevitable and eventually incomprehensible "alreadys" [plural non-existent in our lexicon...not surprising]

If "you" notice the "'you' have already...." points to something which has temporally pulled itself into being through millions (if not billions) of years of "alreadys"...when "you" think about "you," include the billions of years that made "you"

"Primarily, from a consciousness perspective, each person experiences the world through their senses from their unique point of view in 3D space. Copy X1 on the left side of the room sees the world differently than Copy X2 on the right side of the room. So even if each copy could be identical...

But what makes "people" have a uniqueness even under the conditions of perfect replication? Are you doing to rely on you're own "experience" of being a copy? We understand what it means to "copy" something static in a way that all of what we deem to be "important" is the same...but a copy is...

To be clear I skimmed Humphrey ...and found some elements that seemed to correspond with Metzinger...I was hoping you'd [Constance] be able to clear up any questions on their diffs. Metzinger's "being no-one" thesis is a troll...just like Dennett's "Consciousness Explained"....but both of...

No...I haven't read Humphrey...I figured YOU had read BOTH. I am not as well read as you think.