David_Gerard comments on The ideas you're not ready to post - Less Wrong

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Comment author: David_Gerard 13 April 2011 02:23:48PM 3 points [-]

Ontologically fundamental mental things don't make sense, but the human mind is wired to expect them. Fish swim in a sea of water, humans swim in a sea of minds.

These two sentences, particularly the second, just explained for me why humans expect minds to be ontologically fundamental. Thank you!

Comment author: shokwave 13 April 2011 02:38:28PM 0 points [-]

Thank you for bringing this post to my attention! I'm going to use those lines.