(November 1, 2011 at 5:09 pm)JollyForr Wrote:(November 1, 2011 at 5:00 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: Solipsism is technically true and it's stupid to spend any significant amount of time thinking about it.I know you shouldn't think about it, because it's absurd. It's too imbecilic. I don't think it is technically true if we know that it isn't true in the first place. I don't think anyone should take it seriously, which is what I'm doing now
...unless you write sci-fi stories.
My old German teacher once said she would discuss it this way (her lines in pink).
"We can't know anything is real except that we exist and are experiencing sensations."
*smack*
"Hey, you just smacked me!"
"No, I didn't."
*smack*
"Hey, you just smacked me again!"
"How do you know? You just said you can't be sure of what your senses tell you."
*smack*
"Ow! Quit hitting me!"
"I'm not hitting you. Are you ready to end this conversation yet?"
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
