On 29 Dec 2011, at 14:17, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: >> Having said all that, Stephen, please prove you exist. > > That's a tough one. > > Descartes's "proof" was defective, of course -- it proved only that I do not > see how I could not exist, not that I could not possibly not exist. Among > other issues with his proof, the rules of inference with which he was working > are an assumption, akin to an axiom, and can't be proven.
Of course, it's really "I am, therefore I think", and not the other way around ;) Joe >
