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The other existential question I've asked is, "How do I know any of you are conscious?" It may be in fact, that I am the only one who is conscious.
by aabajian 1y ago
The other existential question I've asked is, "How do I know any of you are conscious?" It may be in fact, that I am the only one who is conscious.
- dwaltrip 1y agoThe next question would then be why are you singled out? The lack of any reason for that makes it seem quite unlikely in my book :)
- griffzhowl 1y agoThis is known as "the problem of other minds" in philosophy https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/other-minds/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/other-minds/
- aezart 1y agoOther people will occasionally verbalize the same kind of thoughts that I've had yet never spoken aloud. That's enough to make me accept that we're at least thinking in the same way.
- beej71 1y agoI just spoke with a bunch of conscious people at our solipsism meetup!
- tim333 1y agoGiven the nature of evolution it is improbable that we are much different in that way.