Think about The Matrix. How do you know that you're not floating in a vat somewhere, being fed false information by a super-intelligent computer or something like that? Everything around you could be one gigantic illusion, and you have no way of knowing for sure that it isn't.zauxz said:
Hey man, its never gotten old for me. But no matter how good she acts, I take it happening with a grain of salt if there's no proof, other then the shivering of relief.dantheman931 said:
Ya, physical proof is pretty useless. The only thing that you can ever truly know is that you yourself exist. That is it. Everything can be manipulated except for your own capability to produce a single thought. If you can produce one thought than you exist.dantheman931 said:
I think most people feel weird about discussions like this up until they accept the fact that they will never know. While most of us seek to gain knowledge and understanding about the world we live in we must also accept the fact that there will always be some questions that simply can not be answered. No matter how wise someone may be they will always be just as in the dark as everyone else when it comes to questions regarding the nature of reality.Smokeydubbs said:
Touche. But what's an existence w/o purpose? Especially if you believe one can only have purpose if others rely on you.Selvalros said:
I see what you are getting at but I don't understand why you believe that we must have a purpose in order to exist. Maybe our purpose is simply to exist and to experience, even if the world we exist in and the experiences we have aren't *real*. But then again, if you really want to analyze this question deeply you need to start by asking what exactly counts as *real*. When nothing is real doesn't that in and of itself qualify everything as real? I am of course assuming that we exist in a void outside of our perceived reality.joystickjunki3 said:
