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		HeatrayEnjoyer on May 26, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Helen Keller on her life before self-consciousness... Is that a meaningful difference? We are only our memories. How they were created doesn't change the experience of their recall.

Salgat on May 26, 2024 [–]

Well yeah, one is something you actually experienced, the other is just the false impression that you experienced something you didn't.

HeatrayEnjoyer on June 1, 2024 | [–]

When it comes to experience I'm not sure that matters

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