this is true and any individual person can choose to assume that "they" are the only being in the universe that's actually sentient. the rest of the universe

this is true and any individual person can choose to assume that "they" are the only being in the universe that's actually sentient. the rest of the universe and everything in it can be a seemingly vast simulation all targeted at the one consciousness that's inside of us. I realized this when I read the first (second?) Hitchhikers Guide when i was like 14. Zaphod Beeblebrox was given a universe that was entirely made for him, which is how he survived the (I dont remember what it was called but it showed you all at once how insignificant you were in the universe, unless of course that whole universe was tailor made just for you!)