Proof I exist

[NickFitz]

Descartes was wrong to say cogito ergo sum according to his own fundamental principle of systematic doubt. To say "I think, therefore I am" presupposes that there needs to be an "I" to be doing the thinking. If he'd continued applying systematic doubt he would have doubted that presupposition, and been left with "There exists a thought".

[mudskipper]

A man walked into a bar and ordered a beer. When he finished, the barman asked him, "Would you like another?"

He replied, "I don't think so" and disappeared.

What was his name?

[SpontaneousOrder]

There are compelling reasons to suppose that we're all just a sophisticated computer simulation.

Are You Living in a Simulation?

*if* you suppose that mankind will someday acquire the resources & knowhow to run a simulation to the detail needed, AND you suppose that there is a decent chance that they would do so (create such a simulation - that is), then logic dictates that we are almost certainly simulations right now.

[BrilloPad]

Best theory I heard was that we are just holographic projections - all our matter exists on the edge of the universe. It is used to explain black holes.

Scientists trying to become priests. Do they want to fondle children or something?

[xoggoth]

Descartes was wrong to say cogito ergo sum according to his own fundamental principle of systematic doubt. To say "I think, therefore I am" presupposes that there needs to be an "I" to be doing the thinking. If he'd continued applying systematic doubt he would have doubted that presupposition, and been left with "There exists a thought".

Deep stuff there NF.

As usual I prefer a more pragmatic philosophy. If I think I exist, does it f* matter if I really do or not?

PS If you start studying philosophy and begin to doubt that you really exist, perhaps you will cease to do so. Keep clear.

[BrilloPad]

I stink therefore I am.

[vwdan]

There are compelling reasons to suppose that we're all just a sophisticated computer simulation.

Are You Living in a Simulation?

*if* you suppose that mankind will someday acquire the resources & knowhow to run a simulation to the detail needed, AND you suppose that there is a decent chance that they would do so (create such a simulation - that is), then logic dictates that we are almost certainly simulations right now.

I can't decide if that idea sucks or if it simply stops some awkward conversations surrounding my life if I happen to meet a diety after death.

[TestMangler]

I stink therefore I am.

I'm pink, therefore I'm Spam

[NickFitz]

Deep stuff there NF.

As usual I prefer a more pragmatic philosophy. If I think I exist, does it f* matter if I really do or not?

PS If you start studying philosophy and begin to doubt that you really exist, perhaps you will cease to do so. Keep clear.

I already have a degree in Philosophy

[norrahe]

I stink therefore I am.

I drink therefore I am.