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andy99today at 1:15 AM2 repliesview on HN

It was funny to watch this discussion turn from skepticism at the top to then a bunch of proponents moving in and crowding out the rational voices. It feels a bit religious to me, at least unscientific, there are obviously no testable hypotheses about subjective descriptions, and so people seem to dig in on their sides more than if there was a real basis for comparison. I default to not believing in it until there is actual strong evidence, same as ghosts and the Loch Ness monster and whatnot.


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selcukatoday at 1:35 AM

I'm not sure how the examples given in this thread, such as brain scans, are "unscientific" while simply saying "nah, I believe everybody else is exactly like me" is "rational voice"?

D-Machinetoday at 4:05 AM

> there are obviously no testable hypotheses about subjective descriptions

Clearly false if you take just 30 seconds to scroll through this thread. Embarrassing.