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When we confront fundamental questions about the nature of reality, things quickly get weird.... I submit that weirdness is inevitable, and that something radically bizarre will turn out to be true.... [A]ll broad-ranging attempts to articulate the fundamental structure of reality, no matter how soberly we approach them, inevitably become both bizarre and dubious. Bizarre, in that they defy common sense. And dubious, in that they allow for reasonable doubt.

...The key is to become comfortable weighing competing implausibilities, something that we can all try--so long as we don't expect to all arrive at the same conclusions.

Will we never know the right interpretation of quantum mechanics, or the grounds of consciousness, or whether we live in a simulation? Not necessarily. Science can reveal answers to questions that previously seemed unsolvable. What once appeared bizarre can become comfortable and familiar.
-- Eric Schwitzgebel. How to wrap your head around the most mind-bending theories of reality, New Scientist (20 March 2024).
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