Adam Elga

I see.

That does feel a little bit like externalism because I guess the natural internalist reply, the natural counterpoint to the externalist kind of view is you can't tell the difference between the scenario in which you're floating in the brain with these

Experiences that exactly match having a window in front of you and the scenario of really having a window in front of you.

Therefore, I rule out the whole cosmology.

I see.

Okay, so I was totally misinterpreting what you said.

What I said...

stands as a possible way out.

And I think some people do have that dispute.

But just to clarify, this view is totally different.

It seems somewhat akin to the favor high frequency picture on which, if we add in the proviso that

Brains looking out and even seeming to see empty space in front of them or just having some weirdo experiences are part of my reference class.

If that—oh, go ahead.

Absolutely.

Unfortunately, that paper doesn't offer a way out.

I hope it offers some improved understanding of what the range of permissible wiggle room there is.

But here's what's going on with that self-undermining stuff that we mentioned before.

And let me start with a story about...

about memory so this is a this is a story from a paper i wrote with andy egan and the story is you wake up one morning and you seem to remember going to the doctor yesterday the memory doctor and as you recall the doctor says i'm sorry but the test results came back and it's bad news you have a tendency to hallucinate

memories.