RE: Free will & the Conservation Laws
February 29, 2016 at 6:16 am
(This post was last modified: February 29, 2016 at 6:25 am by robvalue.)
Well, I don't know...
Solipsism just tells me this is all real, from my perspective, and that I'm not actually "somewhere else". That could still be the case with a reality inhabited by mimics. I can't measure someone else's experience, so I must further assume they really are having them when they say they are.
It's one thing to assume solipsism false from my perspective; it's quite another to apply it to everyone else as well.
The default position should really be that it's unknown, even with solipsism false; otherwise, the default is just an assumption. Which is fine, of course. It's a very reasonable assumption.
Solipsism just tells me this is all real, from my perspective, and that I'm not actually "somewhere else". That could still be the case with a reality inhabited by mimics. I can't measure someone else's experience, so I must further assume they really are having them when they say they are.
It's one thing to assume solipsism false from my perspective; it's quite another to apply it to everyone else as well.
The default position should really be that it's unknown, even with solipsism false; otherwise, the default is just an assumption. Which is fine, of course. It's a very reasonable assumption.
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