Am Mo, 26. Apr 2021, um 17:16, schrieb John Clark: > On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 10:45 AM Terren Suydam <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > It's impossible to refute solipsism > > True, but it's equally impossible to refute the idea that everything > including rocks is conscious. And if both a theory and its exact opposite can > neither be proven nor disproven then neither speculation is of any value in > trying to figure out how the world works.
When I was a little kid I would ask adults if rocks were conscious. They tried to train me to stop asking such questions, because they were worried about what other people would think. To this day, I never stopped asking these questions. I see three options here: (1) They were correct to worry and I have a mental issue. (2) I am really dumb and don't see something obvious. (3) Beliefs surrounding consciousness are socially normative, and asking question outside of such boundaries is a taboo. >> *> It's true that the only thing we know for sure is our own consciousness,* > > And I know that even I am not conscious all the time, and there is no reason > for me to believe other people can do better. > >> *> but there's nothing about what I said that makes it impossible for there >> to be a reality outside of ourselves populated by other people. It just >> requires belief.* > > And few if any believe other people are conscious all the time, only during > those times that corresponds to the times they behave intelligently. > > John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis > <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv3NKKuSpfc0%3DemkA75U4rvEmS%2B_bBWtM%3D_Xhc5XnWOr0g%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv3NKKuSpfc0%3DemkA75U4rvEmS%2B_bBWtM%3D_Xhc5XnWOr0g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/e503aebe-34e1-425c-9c2c-fc92b472eff6%40www.fastmail.com.
