(December 27, 2015 at 2:07 am)robvalue Wrote: Someone who called into the atheist experience said they were "a solipsist". This was after about half an hour's discussion. Matt D immediately cut him off following this comment, and told solipsists never to call!
How weird that this guy wanted to convince what he believes is a figment of his imagination that it is actually a figment of his imagination.
I might do a video ramble about this subject... Solipsism that is.
That's rich! I had not heard of this show before; I'll have to check them out on YouTube. I have been thinking about solipsism since you mentioned it, actually. I came across this little article online if you can get past the author's hostile tone:
https://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/Philosophy...ode43.html
It is short but dense (and I am no logicist, or even a person with a Master's degree) so I had to google my little ass off for much of the terminology, but I THINK what the author means is:
even though solipsism cannot logically be disproven, in order for the premise to be true, multiple other premises with their own complex explanations must be inserted to reconcile it. How can we be separately both the artist and the audience of our own reality? So, sure, you can never prove solipsism to be false, but it would be a leap to believe it is surely true! Anyway, I was curious of your thoughts.
Apologies in advance for my caveman-like interpretations of an article that is highly intellectual, and maybe one you have already come across forever ago, since this is your area of interest! Feel free to say "quit rambling, Lady!" any point. [emoji57]
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”
Wiser words were never spoken.
Wiser words were never spoken.
