Darkneos

We literally have neurological evidence that the unconscious is really just background brain processes that we aren't aware of. Freud however failed t...

I know enough about philosophy to know that you are essentially trying to argue for solipsism.

The problem I have with idealism is how can the world be made of ideas when we haven't even learned them yet? I also find that most idealists posit a ...

Why exactly would society support those who don't wish to work. It's different if they are unable to for some reason or another. But you are essential...

They believe that but recent evidence shows there to be no such subconscious.

The revelation here is that working at a job that you enjoy is a luxury because several others have to work other jobs they don't exactly enjoy just t...

I suppose there is a point in that. Everyone lies at some point in their lives so it's not reasonable to suggest that they would turn EVIL later. Some...

You realize that the only way such a life is possible is because the majority doesn't follow that way of living?

I also forgot to mention that the guy you cited is essentially arguing for solipsism so.....good job.

Your posts are like someone who doesn't understand Quantum physics trying to explain what it is. Not to mention the article you linked is full of erro...

No need since his entire body of work isn't rooted in evidence. It has been called into question several times and even some of the experiments he per...

I find Stoicism has too many contradictions to be a philosophy on how to live well. As for Freud, the guy was a quack. I honestly wonder how he had su...

I don't see it as an ethical issue at all since it doesn't really affect you unless you're watching them do it. Any concerns about it are likely a hol...

Mind does not exist, neuroscience killed dualism there. Qualia from what I have heard is a meaningless attribute that caries no real worth. Physics ha...

Neither one. I just question the distinction you make between forms of skepticism.

I vehemently disagree. Life tends to become a net negative when you begin to question everything around you. As was mentioned in the past philosophy d...

If we started allowing metaphysics into quantum physics we will get the same thing that metaphysics has yielded for the past thousand years, nothing. ...

It's not jumping from A to Z it's being open to the possibility. But even then you example of the friend doesn't apply to that of reality when it's be...

I'm just going where the evidence leads. I mean color doesn't exist in the world outside our minds after all. Sounds like more evidence for the radica...

Again no. Also I wouldn't argue that four is a metaphysical object, it's a concept. You are trying to attribute to metaphysics what doesn't belong. Wh...

Not exactly. The thing about quantum physics is that there are atoms and they are "solid" for all intents and purposes. I don't know the specific answ...

I don't think so. You are attempting to draw a line between justifiable and radical skepticism when the evidence on hand seems to lean more towards ra...

Sorry about that quote, this one is better. The question is on "how you do prove the existence of anything beyond one's perception".

Is it though? I mean there is literally tons of evidence that show how fallible our sensations are. The biggest one being how we don't perceive all of...

Besides the optical illusions, the fact that our senses don't perceive all reality, dreams, the effects of psychotropic substances on our perceptions,...

That's been my issue, that just because someone believes something means there is some truth to it, there isn't. That was my mistake. The problem I ha...

I'm seriously asking by the by.

My issue is where does one draw the line. At what point is skepticism too far and according to whom? I mean these standards that we set are essentiall...

UPDATE: I backslide a little bit because on quora I see a handful of people saying that it is true. https://www.quora.com/The-idea-of-solipsism-is-dri...

I can still question the need to challenge beliefs knowing how bad the process can go. It was mentioned earlier that I use practical skepticism and re...

It's not really a contradiction. I know that morality or labeling something as moral doesn't mean more than the sound of the word, but as a gay man tr...

This isn't about you and neither was my thread about solipsism. Well the problem I have with challenging beliefs is that you end up with something lik...

I mean it's unproveable, well un "anything" really. You can't attack or defend it. I figured why waste time on it.

Actually I meant to say it's not egoistic. Also it's not really ad hominem since there is a pattern among those who decry love the way you do. It's no...

Having loved and lost many times I can honestly say this is not true.

You underestimate me then. I would not hesitate to die for them if I knew if would save them. I don't say I have unconditional love to feel better abo...

I mean isn't what is rational and logical just based on human judgments? To me I think philosophy isn't taken that seriously because it's just glorifi...

I find it odd that he suggests that the position of solipsism is supported by his observations (early on in the thread).

I can't say I agree with it being egoistic, or that there is no unconditional love. I have unconditional love for my dogs, and I have the property dam...

https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/4846074/fpart/1/vc/1 Well the OP in the thread thinks that we are presupposing the existence of a...

Yes I realized that now. I find it comical how many misuse the theorems. There was a reply on the Reddit page for solipsism that helped me out a lot: ...

This was a follow up to my original quote about who positing the existence of anything else is faith. For what it's worth, on some level I don't think...

It's just that the doubt gets me thinking and it worms it's way in. I've always taken this sort of thing for granted in the past, that other people ex...

I've been trying to do that so far, but it hasn't worked. Once I stop doing the things I find meaning in it comes back in to me. Even when I wake it c...

I would like to think that, but the man hasn't been on the forum for 5 years so I doubt I'll get a resolution to that question. That rings hollow if I...

Well one of the links I posted questioned why a mind would have to exist anywhere or what rule says that. It also says that solipsism doesn't argue th...

Well I was hoping people would leaf through the links I left and point out something that I missed in it. You ask me to act on faith but that sounds v...

Well I'm embarrassed to admit that I poked around a few forums and got responses of people saying it's true, some saying it's not, some saying it does...