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juicemcnewton · 08-13-2007, 01:52 AM

Ok, now I must admit I don't understand this SR business at all. I get alot of the other stuff people go on about, but this makes absolutely no sense to me.

How is it that I can't prove someone elses existence? Other people existing is the proof, it's not even comparable to a dream or having an imaginary friend. I prove other people exist through input (my senses). Anything I have in a dream or I imagine is constructed from existed data.

Perhaps I'm insane, but it seems quite obvious to me that I'm a body with a mind, consciously separate from your consciousness.

I guess what I'm saying is I don't understand what would make someone think that we all are a single consciousness? Probably if someone could explain that single point, I'd understand just what's going here.

Perhaps I can even make it simpler to answer. Do you SR believers think the universe is here just for us/because of us humans? Like if the world was destroyed and no humans were left, would the universe still exist? Yeah, I think that would help me out alot to know.

08-13-2007, 01:52 AM	#10 (permalink)
juicemcnewton Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 32	blah Ok, now I must admit I don't understand this SR business at all. I get alot of the other stuff people go on about, but this makes absolutely no sense to me. How is it that I can't prove someone elses existence? Other people existing is the proof, it's not even comparable to a dream or having an imaginary friend. I prove other people exist through input (my senses). Anything I have in a dream or I imagine is constructed from existed data. Perhaps I'm insane, but it seems quite obvious to me that I'm a body with a mind, consciously separate from your consciousness. I guess what I'm saying is I don't understand what would make someone think that we all are a single consciousness? Probably if someone could explain that single point, I'd understand just what's going here. Perhaps I can even make it simpler to answer. Do you SR believers think the universe is here just for us/because of us humans? Like if the world was destroyed and no humans were left, would the universe still exist? Yeah, I think that would help me out alot to know.