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This is a great philosophical question, people have been asking themselves this for a very long time. Some have answers: You may have heard “Cogito ergo sum.”, by Rene Descartes. The context of this quote is that it is a logical conclusion, after the border began purposefully trying to show what really REALLY exists, as he chose to doubt about the existence of everything.

After a lot of thinking and writing he came to the conclusion that there is no way for you to know that your life isn’t just a hallucination, projected unto your brain by a daemon, however, there is one thing you CAN be sure of: If you are asking yourself these questions, you are thinking, that is undeniable you 100% experience your thoughts first hand, and therefore it is safe to say that because you can think, you can be sure you exist. Cogito, ergo sum. (I think, therefore I am)

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TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Descartes didn’t use that as a conclusion; he used it as the basis from which he built up to “prove” the existence of God.

That said, that’s still the only conclusion I can reach with certainty, making me a weak solipsist.

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- Randomgal@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I mean… A statement can be both a conclusion and an argument… But sure.
  
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xePBMg9@lemmynsfw.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
If we don’t have the baseline of trusting our senses, which should include perception of our own thoughts; how can we make that statement? Why should one trust perception of thought over other senses?

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- Randomgal@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Correct, but you exist for sure, because you are hearing that voice, whatever it actually is. Even if it is a hallucination, it is you perceiving it. So at least of your own existence, you can be sure.
  
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- c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It doesn’t include “perception of our own thoughts” because they’re not a thing to witness like a smell or visuals. You manufacture them immediately yourself, you don’t observe them. That’s Descartes entire point.
  
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