Are we giving points for effort now? If OP added anything novel, included actual research rather than attempts at just logicking out an answer, supported prett

Are we giving points for effort now? If OP added anything novel, included actual research rather than attempts at just logicking out an answer, supported pretty much any of the statements within, opened up a proper discussion, or any of another dozen things maybe points for effort would make sense. Instead, this is exactly the type of pontificating I heard far too often from classmates in college. It would have actually made a better post if OP had started with Descartes' overquoted, uncontexted `cogito ergo sum' and derived basic solipsism without passing through research or any of the other bits I mentioned or alluded to.