Thanks, this is clarifying.
You're reading way too much into word choice things and projecting onto me a mentality that I don't hold.
"You and your environment are not separated. This is obviously true"?
Can you confirm? Please spot the dissonance and be honest.
Indeed, that was what I said. It is still true.
The gravitational pull of a distant atom is causally present but practically irrelevant to any conceivable choice that I make.
This is also true. Whether or not that particular atom is there or is magically whisked away, it's not going to change where I decide to eat lunch today. The activity of that atom is not relevant to my decision making process.
That's it. What part of this is supposed to be in error?
Indeed, this is true in the sense that it's most likely that this is the case based on the available evidence.
I'm glad that you're aligned with reality on this certain point, there's not many that are, but I wonder, why do you claim that helping others is not helping yourself, excluding practicality of semantics? It seemed as you were very new to the concept of non-emotional attachment to identity/I because you argued my semantics.
But, you claimed earlier that none of this is actually factual would you like to elaborate on that? That these are my interpret...
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