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otacon239@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The quotes makes it feel like it’s being sarcastic about the suggestion.
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otacon239@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The quotes makes it feel like it’s being sarcastic about the suggestion.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Because those aren’t the literal brain, vat, etc.; those are the representations of those things in the brain’s conscience, hence the quotes.
It’s the same concept as The Treachery of Images, “This is not a pipe”