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Epiphenomenalism
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Epiphenomenalism: mental states are real but causally idle—experience is produced by the brain and affects nothing, like smoke from an engine.
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On this view your pain never made you flinch; the nerve signals did both jobs, and the hurting rode along.
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The cost is steep: if experiences cause nothing, they never caused anyone to talk about them—including this sentence.
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