but there seems to be a very strong similarity between the paradoxes of existence and consciousness as I’ve come to think about them
I’ll admit I’m annoyed to see this because I’m working on a blog post that makes exactly this point. Now I feel unoriginal 😛. Below is the connection I see between the “paradoxes,” copy-pasted from my notes.
The physical world, with nothing extra thrown in, necessitates that people will claim certain aspects of their experience to be non-material, and it gives a satisfying, purely physical explanation for why they do.
The math, with nothing extra thrown in, necessitates that people will claim to be physically real, and it gives a satisfying, purely mathematical explanation for why they do.
I’ll admit I’m annoyed to see this because I’m working on a blog post that makes exactly this point. Now I feel unoriginal 😛. Below is the connection I see between the “paradoxes,” copy-pasted from my notes.