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Lumifer comments on Discovering Your Secretly Secret Sensory Experiences - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 20 March 2014 12:48:57AM 1 point [-]

I don't care for 'is' or 'true'. I'm post- aristotelean. To quote the constructivist Heinz von Foerster: Truth is the invention of a liar.

Ah. Well, this is useful to know.

I want to perceive more bits of information through the visual channel.

Given that your brain's processing bandwidth is severely limited I think it's mostly an issue of controlling your attention but experimenting is good.

Comment author: ChristianKl 20 March 2014 09:14:01AM 0 points [-]

Given that your brain's processing bandwidth is severely limited

I don't think there a good reason to believe that. I think quite often the limiting factor is time spent in deliberate practice and not lack of neurons or similar hardware problems.

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