# Overcoming Solipsism

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overcoming-solipsism/852778>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 29, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overcoming-solipsism/852778 "2020-04-29T01:00:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overcoming-solipsism/852778/261 "2020-11-03T18:53:24Z")

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> [@digs](#):
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> Hey, maybe we should start a **Viva La Free Will** challenge, where we all do stupid/dangerous/disgusting/really random activities that no one would ever do in a deterministic world.

There’s nothing about a deterministic universe that precludes stupid behaviors. All the old computer games operated entirely deterministically (the random numbers they used were actually generated deterministically based on the system clock) and the AI in those games was not what you’d call brilliant.

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