- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
I'm sure you've all heard "I think, therefore I am.", the english translation of a famous philosophical statement. Before you go to sleep, try to hypothesize that you don't exist. It's a really hard concept to imagine, isn't it? It seems obvious that one has to exist to consider existence, but suppose that a flaw in our logic is causing us to come to that conclusion? Perhaps every time you find one added to one to be two, you are making an error programmed into the very core of your being. For an illustration, read the following hypothesis in your own first person conjugation after clearing your mind:
"I might not exist. It may be by an error in my reasoning that I conclude that only something that exists can ponder existence. I can show evidence of this possible error by imagining a nonexistent being pondering whether it exists. Such a nonentity can ponder existence. How can I know that I am not that nonentity?"
Obviously this reasoning is flawed, but what if the reasoning that leads to that conclusion is flawed? Flawed or not, our reality is based on our reasoning. In our reality, you do exist. All bets are off in other realities, though. Good night y'all, enjoy.