# Could you imagine yourself out of existence?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-imagine-yourself-out-of-existence/10526>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 17, 2000, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-imagine-yourself-out-of-existence/10526 "2000-04-17T23:32:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-imagine-yourself-out-of-existence/10526/1 "2000-04-17T23:32:00Z")

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If reality could be controlled with the mind, could you imagine yourself out of existence? By this I mean, since you must hold the THOUGHT of yourself not existing, must you not then exist in order to hold the thought of yourself not existing?

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**Author:** ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-imagine-yourself-out-of-existence/10526/2 "2000-04-17T23:50:00Z")

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I don’t think I am therefore I was?

Nah, - doesn’t have quite the right ring to it.

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**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-imagine-yourself-out-of-existence/10526/3 "2000-04-17T23:52:00Z")

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Look, this is just silly. I’m not even going to move it to GD. MPSIMS for this one.