If I say “dogs exist” but someone else believes that all dogs I see are “wolves” and not “dogs” then as far as they are concerned I am wrong.
I could give them a book showing the differences in dog and wolf anatomy but that assumes they will accept the differences are big enough to agree that they are two different animals which they won’t unless it fits their belief of evidence or they face social pressure to accept my belief as the truth.
@withoutclass If thoughts truly are part of the physical world then why does one feel as though they are separate?
Because it is the instinct of all things to control or dominate their environment.
When we say something is not us (i.e the physical world) what we’re really saying is that it is foreign to us. It does not adhere wholly to our will and therefore we do not accept being the same as it.
But the other perspective that we are one with it is equally true.