Alsadius comments on A Kick in the Rationals: What hurts you in your LessWrong Parts? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: faul_sname 25 April 2012 08:20:26PM 6 points [-]

Only one word needs to be added for it to be accurate (if unexciting).

The most astounding fact about the universe is the knowledge that everything we consciously perceive—color, sound, and even energy itself—is a process that involves our consciousness.

Comment author: [deleted] 25 April 2012 08:48:45PM 0 points [-]

The most astounding fact about the universe is the fact that our conscious perceptions—color, sound, and even energy itself—do not exist outside our consciousness.

Pretty exciting the first time it occurs to you? It's an article in "Psychology Today. com" This is admittedly beside the point of the main post.

Comment author: Alsadius 26 April 2012 01:24:35AM 5 points [-]

Everything we consciously see is seen through our consciousness.

That barely qualifies as insight when you're high.

Comment author: [deleted] 26 April 2012 04:41:59PM *  0 points [-]

You forgot the "do not exist outside your consciousness" part. Or is that wrong? The upvotes on your post tell me I'm missing something... but to me what you quoted is different, and yes, a lot less exciting, than what i quoted?

Comment author: Alsadius 27 April 2012 12:22:32AM 0 points [-]

It was mocking, but I think basically accurate. Light has wavelengths and sound has pressure waves whether we're there to observe them or not. Even if you want to argue that it's not really "colour" or "sound", who cares? The only part of it that's actually created by our consciousness is the conscious appreciation for what already exists.

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