I am a turtle. Convince me otherwise.
@admitsWrongIfProven No. That is your job, just as I am a proven Wer-Lobster.
@Lobster Ah yes, it is. The storyline has progressed to the point where i realized there are no actually seperate entities, just internal communication problems.
To summarize, the only thing i can be sure of is what thoughts i have. Every "sensory input" could be fake.
So it makes no sense to distinguish between "me" and "others".
So now, not only am i a turtle, but i am also part wer-lobster. The thought exists, so there it is.
@admitsWrongIfProven so thoughts are not sensory input … Who would have thought … I knew I was little turtle …
@Lobster Well there is an interesting distinction there: If there is a thought of a sensory input, then that thought exists for sure. But if the sensory input exists is questionable.
See, if we would live in a simulation for example, the input can be fake.
No sun or sunlight in the physical sense, maybe just bits and bytes saying there is light?
We cannot distinguish between the two, for lack of suitable sensoric equipment.
But the thought - even if planted by the being simulating us - would actually exist. If it runs on a meat-brain or not does not change that.
@admitsWrongIfProven yawn! Are you right, wrong or proved yet? 🥱🫠