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Dan8267 says

If you can translate what the hell he's trying to saw, please do so.

I think what heraclitusstudent saying is very simple: there's a difference between observing the reaction of others to touching a hot stove and feeling the pain for yourself. Right?

It's that age-old philosophical problem of wondering whether my subjective experiences actually correspond to an objective reality. It's where scary ideas like Plato's Cave, solipsism and simulated-reality come from.

Reaching for my Clonazepam...