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Your "mind's eye" is getting information from your actual eyes through your optic nerves and cortex. This is how we know it is a physical mechanism, we can affect it in predictable ways with lesions, drugs and other physical methods.

Consciousness is not an illusion, it is a real phenomenon that is experienced daily by almost every human. You might be referring to free will and its subjective experience, which is a different story.

Glassdoor is kind of like that, and in my experience it is decently accurate too.

In my opinion, this is a good move. It seems odd to label Gas in particular as part of a green strategy (they technically don't call it sustainable), but I think this makes sense considering we need to phase out coal as soon as possible.

I don't think that's the case. If Paypal wanted, and it was legally allowed, they could anonymize my data to an extent where not even their own team could know who I am. We don't do it because it would be open to fraud and scams, not because it is impossible.

Every monetary system is based on a shared belief of value, therefore "faith". That does not mean that any cryptocoin is the same as USD. For example, there is no independent auditing to help assure me that Tether actually has the reserves they claim. And there is no transparent way to know where this money supposedly is, making it much easier to scam people than a traditional bank. If there is a problem with a bank, there are several legal and financial consequences for everyone involved, enforced by the government. The government also will, as it has, try to undo the mess even if it is at the expense of inflation or debt.

So yes, USD, Tether and my poker chips at home do share a fundamental characteristic of any method of exchange, a subjective belief about their worth that is ultimately decided by collective agreement. That does not mean they are anywhere close to the same thing, or scams.