Ancient Futures

Ancient Futures

Weird Science?

Engaging with unmeasurable aspects of being

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Daniel Simpson
Sep 18, 2024
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What are the limits to objective assessment of subjective experience? Both ways of seeing are hard to combine – as recent posts discussed – but scientific studies keep shrinking the difference between their perspectives.

So much so that the essay below is perhaps out of date, though the gist of what can’t quite be measured still seems as relevant. It ref…

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