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Tuesday, 14 June 2022

'What is is like to be an X?', a bat say, is entirely the wrong question. The 'like' should be enough of a give-away, by assuming that there is a basis for comparison. But the audacity of the question is well-placed, as if it presumes that somehow you ought to know, or could know. But again this presumes that there is some fact in the world that it might be possible to discover and the fact is 'there' even if you'll never uncover it. No, the better question is 'Does an X have a world?' Does a bat have a world, does an ant, or a housefly? How about a computer, or an automobile? If someone is tempted to say yes, then try disentangling their own world from that of their beloved object.

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