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Relativism

On Qualia

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If we're dominated and therefore de facto separated by our qualia - i.e. the the subjective quality of conscious experience - can we ever reasonably hope to reach a consensus on what should be our shared values?

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What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning - W. Heisenberg

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There is no history of mankind, there are only many histories of all kinds of aspects of human life - Karl Popper

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There is never just one way -Michael Zakaras, Ashoka

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The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven- John Milton in Paradise Lost

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What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning - W. Heisenberg