/lit/ - Literature

>>22535474
"Your" consciousness teleporting from being to being would imply that consciousness is unique among aspects of reality in that it would lack any consistency. Everything else about reality seems to have some degree of consistency, e.g. the sun rises every day. If everything else is to some degree consistent, it would make more sense for consciousness to also have some degree of consistency, rather than to just bounce around randomly.

Similarly, you could ask similar questions about all of epistemology and physical reality. Suppose that instead of the sun rising everyday, the universe was only created yesterday and created all of the memories and physical evidence to make it look like the sun has been rising for all of history. You wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Yet most people reject this possibility due to it rising everyday being a simpler explanation. Rejecting inductive reasoning and Occam's razor means rejecting all epistemology.

>>20567282
The only thing you really need to have faith in is that inductive reasoning works.

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/zmSuDDFE4dicqd4Hg/you-only-need-faith-in-two-things

>>20274559
Magnus vinding has some decent writing on epistemology, and is worth reading if you're into utilitarianism and effective altruism.

https://magnusvinding.com/2017/09/03/induction-is-all-we-got/
https://magnusvinding.com/2018/06/11/the-non-problem-of-induction/
https://magnusvinding.com/2018/09/27/narrative-self-deception-the-ultimate-elephant-in-the-brain/
https://magnusvinding.com/2021/03/08/common-sense/

https://magnusvinding.com/2017/09/03/induction-is-all-we-got/
https://magnusvinding.com/2018/06/11/the-non-problem-of-induction/
https://magnusvinding.com/2018/09/27/narrative-self-deception-the-ultimate-elephant-in-the-brain/
https://magnusvinding.com/2021/03/08/common-sense/

https://magnusvinding.com/2017/09/03/induction-is-all-we-got/
https://magnusvinding.com/2018/06/11/the-non-problem-of-induction/
https://magnusvinding.com/2018/09/27/narrative-self-deception-the-ultimate-elephant-in-the-brain/
https://magnusvinding.com/2021/03/08/common-sense/

Does anyone else here read Magnus Vinding? His writings on Effective Altruism and rationalism are worth reading.

https://magnusvinding.com/2017/09/03/induction-is-all-we-got/
https://magnusvinding.com/2018/06/11/the-non-problem-of-induction/
https://magnusvinding.com/2018/09/27/narrative-self-deception-the-ultimate-elephant-in-the-brain/
https://magnusvinding.com/2021/03/08/common-sense/

https://magnusvinding.com/2017/09/03/induction-is-all-we-got/