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Straight definitionupdates Descartes's evil demon; Hilary Putnam, 1981
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Brain in a vat (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a thought experiment asking how you could know you are not a brain fed false experiences by a computer.

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A Brain in a vat (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠"what if none of this is real, man" with footnotes.

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A Brain in a vat (n.) would ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠feel exactly as sure as you do right now that it isn't one.

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A Brain in a vat (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠unanswerable, and everyone who hears it still goes to lunch.