[MD] Seriously, Dan

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[Krimel] > "Reality as I understand it" is a set of concepts I have acquired over the > course of a lifetime of "being in the world". [Craig, previously] > So is English "as you understand it, a set of concepts you have acquired > over the course of a lifetime"?  Or is it words, sentences, grammar, etc.? [Krimel] > Well words sentence and grammar are also concepts acquired over a lifetime. Well, what about a chair "as you understand it, still a set of concepts you 
have acquired over the course of a lifetime"?  Or something you can sit on, 
perhaps made of wood--unlike concepts? [Craig, previously] > Have you ever fallen asleep outside in the sun & woke up with a sunburn? > Do you wonder why you don't get a sunburn every night while you sleep in > your bed? [Dan] 
> No. 
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You've led a sheltered life. 
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[Dan]
> If I did fall asleep in the sun and wake up with a sunburn... 
> I still experience sunburn biologically. 



> Krimel: > I repeat my question because I am curious: Do you really believe there is > nothing separate from yourself? Dan:
Intellectually, I know that when I look at the world, I'm encountering
a mental representation, not the world itself. 

[ Dan] 
> is there a little tunnel in each eye that lets 
> light into the brain? 
Optical nerves--not sure if they're hollow, though.
Craig