Zarathustra
Let Go Of Your Team
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i think it breaks down at a certain point. where exactly does your liver end? where do individual cells begin? where exactly do we draw boundary lines classifying one thing from the next? it seems so easy at the macro level to distinguish "pillow" from "18 wheeler", but when you get to really into tiny particles we all are essentially made of the same thing. so where does red stop being red and where does it start being orange, or purple? why didn't we choose red-orange as a color instead of red and orange? where does Ne end and Se begin?
reality... it's interpreted. we don't really know for sure if there is an objective reality. there is just what we hold to be true, and what we do not. certain things point us towards believing in a communal reality, but really the only excellent argument against solipsism is how incredibly not useful it is.
If I were to punch you in the face, would you still question whether my fist was real...?
Solipsism is retarded.
It's a problem created by people who have too much time and wealth, and not enough real problems.
I guarantee you, starving people in Africa aren't questioning whether the world is actually real.
They are trying to get food.
Only people from societies with too much abundance to have real problems have problems like questioning whether or not the world is real.
I recommend you read about Aristotle's four causes to help you get a little bit out of "I Huckabees" land, and a bit back more into reality...
(sorry about harsh treatment, it's nothing personal; you know I like you; I just don't tolerate solipsism, and I wouldn't want to see you fall prey to it.)