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Personally I don't think these complicated thought questions based on subjective experience enlighten us at all.


OK. I enjoyed the mental exercise though, thanks for that. Also, as someone who's formally studied philosophy, I'd say there is definitely value in thought experiments, particularly as I think we got to an objective level in this case, though we started with the subjective. And determining universal (objective) rules are valued as they usually help guide us to truth, and/or point to ideals to strive for.




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