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It's a likely hypothesis but we don't know that for sure. There's zero evidence of consciousness outside of your subjective experience of it. We don't know what it is and how it emerges.
You aren't real and are just a projection by my brain!
/s lol, #solipcism
hey it's my turn to be solipsist, imaginary friend
I may not be real in the physical sense but the fact that it feels like something to be is the only thing in the entire universe that I have zero doubt about.
https://medium.com/@viridiangrail/you-already-think-like-a-soulist-fe1723151b85
I'm not claiming that I or the world doesn't exist. I'm just aknowledging that that is a possibility. Who knows, maybe I do live in a simulation. This however doesn't take away the fact that it feels like something to be simulated. That is the undeniable fact of my subjective experience that cannot be an illusion. Everything else is up for debate.
Interesting. I'm a synthetic with a digital consciousness.
Do I count? 😏
Count as what?