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Solipsism is the belief that you (as the only entity that is able to prove to yourself that you are a thinking mind) are the ONLY thinking mind in the entire universe. That your reality is simply a construct of your mind (as the only thinking entity in the entire universe) and that every person, animal, or object in the universe is simply a hallucination.
In terms of a "Philosophy" it doesn't even warrant exploration or discussion, it simply leads to begging the question and ultimate skepticism. Simply put, it's a way of reducing a big scary world full of strangers into a safe little simulation. A video game full of NPCs whose only purpose is to serve you or help you achieve some kind of 'personal enlightenment'.
We're all real. Elon profited off our tax dollars and amassed billions in personal wealth while putting his workers in danger. His attempts to come off as "intellectual" and "deep" just show us how depraved and cynical his world view really is.
tl;dr Elon is a fan of Solipsism and doesn't believe you really exist ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
voiceofnightvale
Is it solipsistic in here or is it just me?
dogboybastard
That's called insane
autocorrectfailures
Gonna get weird fast when he decides to try and pull others into his deep end.
moricai
That's funny, the truth is Elon Musk is the only simulated human, uploaded into a machine that the rest of us pretend is real, as a joke.
kwyjiboner
He may have read Heinlein wrong.
woozle
canigifinpaint
yes that has been my general experience lmao
PatSajaksHairLine
canigifinpaint
i feel like Elon would root for Agent Smith, for some reason
DoseOfScience
Are you sure reality exists and it's not just the single instant of particle interaction and all of history is just a delusion? *hits blunt*
SocialismForTheRichCapitalismForThePoor
Is he satan? is that a reverse priest uniform?
NowDoThatVoodooThatYouDo
It’s just a really ugly tux
SocialismForTheRichCapitalismForThePoor
Where is the bow tie?
TheePerfectComment
masteryoplait
That makes sense
thevortexmaster
Is that Natalie Portman?
fformulaa
No, it's elon musky
thevortexmaster
Hahaha you don't say
d0o0o0d
I wondered about that for a while when I was young. The internet taught me that there are more fucked up things out there than I can imagine
The3rdwheel
i used to go through periods of Deja vu as a kid.. then the Matrix came out and for awhile i was convinced i was living in a simulation lol
canigifinpaint
Everyone goes through a mini-philosophy stage where things like solipsism and even nihilism seem like interesting philosophies...at 14yo lol
d0o0o0d
Yup. I think it's a developmental stage most of us go through. Some people seem to get stuck in it.
d0o0o0d
Anyways, I saw some shit on the internet where my reaction was "there is NO WAY _that_ came out of my brain", and I was over that phase.
Calicoastin818
I think about this every day I don’t think people are here to serve me or enlighten me but there are Npcs in the world, mindless drones
canigifinpaint
That's only your perception from being online and hearing others say the same thing, viewing people as NPCs. Who's the real mindless drone?
Calicoastin818
wrong. and wrong of you to assume. I’ve been thinking about this since I was 10 years old mindless drones aren’t caple of critical thinking
Calicoastin818
and I see the same mistakes made by these mindless drones all the time, now bugger off
canigifinpaint
Yes some people aren't capable of critical thinking, like people who call others mindless drones and then bounce without providing evidence.
canigifinpaint
Exactly, no response. You're calling other people mindless drones but you can't even back up your own posts. It's just something you heard.
SaVillaHg
You know whats really cringe, calling out what an autistic person says in private conversation....
canigifinpaint
You know what's REALLY cringe? Trying to use someone else's ASD ('autistic' isn't a diagnosis anymore) to win internet arguments.
SuckerOfFun
Are you implying Ole Musky is autistic? Because that's a new one to me. Unlikely as hell, but interesting.
StrangePaegan
He claims he is.
paulwall117350
Mental illness, in any capacity, is not an excuse for shitty antisocial behavior, and using it as one is a disservice to the mentally ill.
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EverNotRelevant
Cool whataboutism.
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EverNotRelevant
That's the dumbest shit I've read all day. I don't know how you decided it's a "made up problem" when conservatives whip it out every 5 mins
getadogupya
I think that using a pop magazine interview to psychoanalise a third person is a push. He's undoubtedly a tool, let's leave it at that.
canigifinpaint
I'm using his wife's quote to analyze his philosophy, not his mental health. I never mentioned his mental health once in the post.
getadogupya
You don't have to name it, to be talking about it.
masteryoplait
Found the fanboy
canigifinpaint
You're saying that people with ASD can't form their own morals or philosophy? That's really disgusting.
getadogupya
canigifinpaint
Exactly, you've realized what you were saying so now all you can do is post reaction gifs. What you said what utterly disgusting.