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Just had a, uh, very interesting experience online. Tell me your opinions on this man. (en.wikipedia.org)
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A publication by The Atlantic going over his works:

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/04/the-illusion-of-reality/479559/

My immediate intuition is that this is just bad philosophy disguised as pseudoscience, and from a philosophical perspective none of this makes sense. Am I wrong here? I would like insights.

He believes in so-called "conscious realism", which believes that matter does not exist, and in fact, only consciousness exists.

Here's a critical analysis of some of his stuff: https://philarchive.org/archive/ALLHCR

Edit: Please don't downvote if you think this guy is a nerd, I am skeptical of him myself, but please, upvote so a particularly strong of constitution comrade can detail their opinions and dunk on him

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Every so often, a not particularly noteworthy white guy believes that they have invented the concept of Solipsism and clings onto it incredibly hard because it makes them feel important. This guy is just part of a long tradition of that. For further examples, browse reddit, you'll come across these types everywhere there.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

oh it's like with how "rationalists" think theyve invented ethics when recreating it for the 69420th time

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

Exactly. Hell, a lot of baby leftists often stumble onto socialist ideas in the same way, noticing the contradictions of capitalism and thinking they've "discovered it."