Don’t think so much. You’ll get a headache.
I exist. Against my better judgement, and only for certain values of “exist”. But I exist. The rest of you folks, I’m not so sure of.
Although, if you all are just voices in my head, as it were, my head is a much more interesting place than I had heretofore thought.
It is impossible to prove that I exist. But I can prove that we all don’t exist. I quote from Douglas Adams’ “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe”:
I guess that wraps that up.
Dragwyr, that’s one of my favorite quotes! I’m not sure if I exist, but I don’t care!
Well I had to convince the Mods that I existed after this little debarcle…
I managed it, and that must count in my favour existance-wise???
Gp
I was going to comment that you can’t prove existense until you can prove non-existence, as the easiest way to identify something is to notice when it is absent (and vice versa), but Dragwyr weakened my philosophy a bit.
[30’s Gangster]
Hey, mac…I don’t gotta prove myself ta nobody. Got it?
[/30’s Gangster]
Philosophical conundrum number one:
[Popeye]
I yam what I yam.
[/Popeye]
With all that spinach he eats, how can Popeye be a yam?
Philosophical conundrum number two:
[The Kinks]
I know what I am
And I’m glad I’m a man
And so is Lola
[/The Kinks]
Is Lola glad I’m a man, or is she a man???
So you can see that this is a very tricky situation, this “proof of existance” stuff. Perhaps you should jam a safety pin into your thigh. If you wince with pain, I’d say you exist.
In keeping witth philosophical context and since Violet already brought up the act of hijacking…
[hijack]
Did many paranoids have their beliefs vindicated on September 11? What does this mean for people who weren’t out to get them? Do we have to start?
Is paranoia a faith based system like Christianity, or a pseudoscience like Dianetics? Or is it a finely honed combination of both? Why isn’t it a tax shelter?
[/hijack]
:: Takes off clothes and runs through the thread ::
<Curly> Woowoowoowoowoowoo! </Curly>
:: Puts clothes back on ::
Now, then. Would I have done that if I didn’t really exist?
Q.E.D.
I would thank you for that comment, but since I’m not here, it’s kind of a moot point.