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The entirety of perceptual experience is a neuronal fantasy that remains yoked to the world through a continuous making and remaking of perceptual best guesses, of controlled hallucinations. You could even say that we’re all hallucinating all the time. It’s just that when we agree about our hallucinations, that’s what we call reality.
—Anil Seth
Friday, June 06, 2008

How do you know?

One day Zhuangzi, a follower of Laozi, stood on a bridge with a friend. Gazing at the fish below, Zhuangzi spoke of the joy of a fish’s knowledge, which was true union with the Tao, living life as an uncarved block.

His friend said: "How do you know what a fish knows? You are not a fish."

To which Zhuangzi, replied: "How do you know what I know? You are not me."

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