(August 11, 2015 at 3:52 am)robvalue Wrote: First off, I'm far from convinced any of this is real. Not sure if that's relevant. Solipsism is something I can never overcome.
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I have told you before that I do not really exist. What more do you need from me? And what kind of proof do you expect from someone who does not exist?
Also, though, I have told you it does not matter at all if solipsism is true or not. Whether your hand is real or not, whether a fire is real or not, you don't want to stick your hand into the fire. Even if it is an imaginary hand and an imaginary fire. Its reality or lack thereof is of no significance.
As for the universe, it does not really matter if it is eternal or not, or whether it had a beginning or not. Your life will be the same regardless of those things.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
