Our interpretation of sensory experience is a large part of what our "self" is
Considering that our conscious experience is the experience of processing information, when we lack sensory input shit kinda gets wild (technical terms only here)
Sensory processing is happening literally constantly and its essentially inseparable from our every day experience. Because it is our everyday experience
The way we interact is important, back to the simulation question if the inputs and outputs can be sufficiently matched to how real molecules interact with out receptor proteins we can absolutely blur that line between digital and physical even more
Considering that our conscious experience is the experience of processing information, when we lack sensory input shit kinda gets wild (technical terms only here)
Sensory processing is happening literally constantly and its essentially inseparable from our every day experience. Because it is our everyday experience
The way we interact is important, back to the simulation question if the inputs and outputs can be sufficiently matched to how real molecules interact with out receptor proteins we can absolutely blur that line between digital and physical even more