Are we actually there or are we not?? Is the universe governed by materialism? Materialists say we are actually there i.e matter rules. According to them matter is eternal: it has been forever & will stay forever. But let us look into some very befuddling mysteries first.
First of all let go of all bias & emotion. The computer before which u are sitting is the computer u r seeing inside a dark place in ur head called the brain. Although no light ever reaches the brain, we are still able to see a brightly lit world. Consider a hypothetical situation…If the nerves which carry the vision impulses from ur eyes to the brain are suddenly severed, would u be able to see the computer??? I think not. Not just vision, all the senses are formed & processed in ur brain. The table u touch is a “table” as told to u by the brain. If the brain is somehow manipulated to process the table u are touching as say, a chair, u would say the table is a chair.
Consider another situation. This one is good material for science fiction movies. If the sensory nerves to ur brain are severed & replaced with (by exchanging) those of ur friend sitting home enjoying a movie, u wud be the one now watching the movie while ur friend stares at the boring computer screen. All ur thoughts & feelings will be correspondingly interchanged. U wud no longer be you, u wud be ur friend….
Take a long breath, I know this is not easy to digest but it is a fact nevertheless. You & ur surroundings are what ur brain tells u they are. Nothing less, nothing more. The consciousness of the brain surpasses the material aspect of things. I do not claim to understand every bit of the mysterious thing called the brain but I want to make people think & decide for themselves…
6 comments:
le le le yaqoot eekdam philosophical
The MATRIX!
btw, i think the "u would be ur friend" scenario that u have depicted is not a very reasonable one. Better think of something else.
indeed a good help to sci-fi movies ;)
@Vardhan...Its high time!!
@Natthu...The scenario is hypothetical but certainly not unreasonable...
Give it time to sink in...
@Manasi...Hmmm...Looking for producer of a film with this plot...
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