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Originally Posted by Inuzuka Skysword
Irrational ideas are irrational. Why would I want to believe this?
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Well, you can't disprove it and even trying is a likely waste of energy. People tend to like that, I think. It is rather self-centered, maybe people like that as well .. And people can "feel" like it, so there you go.
Anyways, I think the pursuit of stuff like this is daft. It can't be disproven and also, I can't see what believing in something like that would give to me - or anyone (in a "more trouble than it's worth"-kind of way).
If everything, including you guys, were figments of my imagination, I would like to think I would have had more control over what goes on. Since I don't have control over most things in my life, like wether or not the buss should be late or what you guys write, I would then perhaps have to consider that I am also a victim of how my imagination works. It seems my imagination has created a world where cause, consequence and so on is allowed to interact work freely and I have to play by the rules. If I wanna take the buss, I have to be there in time. If I throw a rock up in the air, it will fall down. That means that the imaginary world behaves exactly like what I expect from a "real" world. What's the difference between the two then? I don't know.
Now, since I don't know if people are figments of my imagination or not, should I treat them like they are? The answer is an obvious "no" because based on my prediction, a "yes" here would probably have more negative consequences, both by the rules in the real world and the "dream world". Should I hit myself in the head with this potentially imaginary hammer? No, I don't think so.
Conclusion : solipsism can be safely ignored.
Appearantly, according to that wikipedia article, the feeling that everything is artificial is normally enhanced when people gain control over everything. It lists other interesting observations as well. Maybe people who have this feeling just need to get out more.
