Binny, the Matrix was a dramatisation of solipsism. The philosophical position is quite a bit older than the movie or even Star Trek.
Rhizo, you choose to belive your senses, but I do not. This may seem daft, but the senses are relitivly easy to fool (optical illusions etc). This means I require more evidence than that which can be obtained by my senses alone. Your standpoint that you assume the world is real untill proven otherwise is resonable, but I represent the other side of the coin; nothing is real untill proven otherwise. I always thought that was the standpoint which lead atheists to their denial of God.
Giff, just to be sure you understand, I am not trying to prove anything, I am trying to disprove the existence of the world. What do you atheists say? The burden of proof is with you?
Rhizo, you choose to belive your senses, but I do not. This may seem daft, but the senses are relitivly easy to fool (optical illusions etc). This means I require more evidence than that which can be obtained by my senses alone. Your standpoint that you assume the world is real untill proven otherwise is resonable, but I represent the other side of the coin; nothing is real untill proven otherwise. I always thought that was the standpoint which lead atheists to their denial of God.
Giff, just to be sure you understand, I am not trying to prove anything, I am trying to disprove the existence of the world. What do you atheists say? The burden of proof is with you?