RE: Why materialists are predominantly materialists
September 17, 2016 at 6:01 pm
(This post was last modified: September 17, 2016 at 6:02 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(September 17, 2016 at 5:59 pm)bennyboy Wrote: I'm not a solipsist. I've taken my pill, whatever color it is, and accept that others are conscious. However, this is not a rational position, nor one founded on any rational position.You don't think so?
Quote:I just grew up thinking of people as thinking agents, and once I realized that wasn't necessarily the case, I thought about it for about 3 seconds, and said: "Meh. . . talking to people is more fun if I think they are thinking about what I'm saying."Point conceded. Your belief that others are conscious is founded upon irrationality. Some of us extend the courtesy of consciousness for less absurd reasons.
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