I like the theory that you could be a mad man, floating through space, and the world you know, is all in your head. (Although I have no Idea whoes theory that is- my Dad says it alot).
And the Brain in a vat theory by Hilary Putnam, where again, for all you know, your brain could actually be in a vat of nutrients beign kept alive, and the nereve endings are connected to a scientific computer that sends you electrive impluses to make you think that everything is normal, and you are living in the "real" everyday world that you know of. When infact you are just a brain, with your reality compleatly, artificially simulated.
A newborn child does not learn object permanance untill it is 9 months, meaning it does not recgnise that its mother still exists when she is out of sight. But then again, maybe she dosnt. For all you know just like a computer game, once youve walked on from your house, it dissappears.
How do you know it truly still exists, for all you know, it may only "re-exist" once you have walked back to it. You could of course use a webcam to film your hosue so you know its still there, but how do you know for certain the images on the webcam are correct and real?
And whilse im here, platos cave theory talks about people being shackled to a cave, and only seeing shadows and voices. That is the only word they know of, to them that is their world and their life and that is all there is
Like this is the only word we know of, when there could be so, much more. As an example, Russel's hypothesis is that there is an inperceptiblly small, immaterial, or spriritual teapot orbiting the moon. For all we know, this could be true.
Theories like that, make you question everything, even your own existance really.
And all cant really be proven or disproven. How do you know other people exist, or even if they seen the word how you see it? Unless you become another person, how can you be sure they're not a figmant of your imagination, a character created by you, the authour of your own reality.
- Maybe compared to everyone else, your eyes see the word in techni-coulor and in high contrast, you think everyone can see coulors the same as you do, you dont question its abnormal, and as you cannot see from anyone elses eyes, how can you prove me wrong?
So my theory is that we should therefore just enjoy our precieved realities however distorted and false they may actually be :D
Enjoy your dillusions everyone. Ignorance is bliss!
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