It’s proven that you are the only conscious being that exists and everyone else is an automaton that behaves in a very convincing way that makes you think that they are conscious but they have no internal consciousness. Everything else you thought you knew about the world turns out to be correct, so for instance other people still physically exist outside your mind, and they have brains but those brains don’t contain consciousness anymore than a library does. You are the only person, for which a brain contains consciousness.
Does this affect how you live your life?
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Copy of the original post in case of edits: It’s proven that you are the only conscious being that exists and everyone else is an automaton that behaves in a very convincing way that makes you think that they are conscious but they have no internal consciousness. Everything else you thought you knew about the world turns out to be correct, so for instance other people still physically exist outside your mind, and they have brains but those brains don’t contain consciousness anymore than a library does. You are the only person, for which a brain contains consciousness.
Does this affect how you live your life?
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Well my life would no longer exist, as definition I suppose. Id probably try to dedicate time to breaking the coding/standardization on the automatons or figuring out the gig
Probably not since what am I going to do about it
i honestly don’t think much would change. even with that revelation, you still must continue on existing in the current world. that means working for your automaton boss, to pay your automaton landlord, so you can enjoy a meal with your automaton wife at home
"it’s proven" by who?
I would spend a lot of time wondering what can exist without consciousness, I may wonder if it is something like a person with an internal voice/monologue Vs someone without, I may already wonder these things, infact I do. So nothing would change.
I think I would get embarrassed less often (which would be absolutely massive for me)