[WayneS]

Anyone who has ever seen or heard or smelled anything knows what it is; anyone who has ever been in pain, or felt hungry or hot or cold or remorseful, dismayed, uncertain, or sleepy, or has suddenly remembered a missed appointment. All these things involve what are sometimes called “qualia”—that is to say, different types or qualities of conscious experience. What I am calling the Denial is the denial that anyone has ever really had any of these experiences.

The solution is simple. When someone denies the existence of conscious experience, punch them in the mouth or stub a cigar out on their arm. Then simply say: "Thusly I have proven the existence of consciousness - case closed". Then fart on them...

[usconservative]

The solution is simple. When someone denies the existence of conscious experience, punch them in the mouth or stub a cigar out on their arm. Then simply say: "Thusly I have proven the existence of consciousness - case closed".

....and if they're true deniers no police charges for assault and battery will be forthcoming!

[Noumenon]

I can think of a few people, no wait - a lot of people who deserve all three.

That said, this is actually an important article for t j ose of us who are interested in the pedigree of ideas. I’ve long held that the foundational premise of the Left is that your life simply doesn’t belong to you, and that human beings are nothing more than things, animals or machines. From that, all else follows.

Time for Atlas to shrug. And then pick up a gun.