TheOtherDave comments on Fixedness From Frailty - Less Wrong

10 Post author: Vaniver 14 November 2010 09:51PM

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 15 November 2010 07:48:50PM 17 points [-]

(nods) These sorts of situations really do arise.

A couple of years ago, shortly after some significant brain damage, I had some very emotionally compelling experiences of the sort typically described as "supernatural." And so I asked myself the question: what's more likely? That the things I experienced happening actually did happen? Or that I was hallucinating due to brain damage?

I eventually bit the bullet and accepted that "hallucinating" was overwhelmingly more likely... but it was not an easy thing to do.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 15 November 2010 09:10:28PM 2 points [-]

Reminds me of this story.