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**Battwenue** · 11-21-2011, 05:42 PM

Its all conjecture, like belief in a god.

Except that in my world, he or you only exist only in my journey, not separate from my journey (a scenario which is non-existent). I read the book, and so he exists in my world- I probably don't exist in his world unless he reads philly speaks.

It's another variation on the scientific theory of multiple universes, which some physicists feel they can prove is the case, via mathematics.

It’s funny that you should mention this. Not very long ago I commented on someone’s website that his particular ontological theory sounds like a modified form of solipsism. Instead of just one mind existing and imagining all others and all else, we all do actually exist in our own personal universes.

In my personal musings, I quickly discounted what I term to be “radical solipsism,” the notion that only I actually exist and you are all figments of my imagination, on the grounds that I couldn’t possibly imagine the myriad people that I have encountered within my life. I’m not that creative! Therefore, it occurred to me that life might be like a movie in which each of us can draw from "central casting” to populate our reality. Some others figure prominently in our lives, others less so; others still as bit players, and still more as extras, like the people we pass on the road or sidewalk each day. In turn, we might or might not appear in the reality of the people who appear in ours.

To your discernment, is this what Dr. Lanza is getting at?

11-21-2011, 05:42 PM	#29
Battwenue Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 360 Senior Member	Its all conjecture, like belief in a god. Except that in my world, he or you only exist only in my journey, not separate from my journey (a scenario which is non-existent). I read the book, and so he exists in my world- I probably don't exist in his world unless he reads philly speaks. It's another variation on the scientific theory of multiple universes, which some physicists feel they can prove is the case, via mathematics. It’s funny that you should mention this. Not very long ago I commented on someone’s website that his particular ontological theory sounds like a modified form of solipsism. Instead of just one mind existing and imagining all others and all else, we all do actually exist in our own personal universes. In my personal musings, I quickly discounted what I term to be “radical solipsism,” the notion that only I actually exist and you are all figments of my imagination, on the grounds that I couldn’t possibly imagine the myriad people that I have encountered within my life. I’m not that creative! Therefore, it occurred to me that life might be like a movie in which each of us can draw from "central casting” to populate our reality. Some others figure prominently in our lives, others less so; others still as bit players, and still more as extras, like the people we pass on the road or sidewalk each day. In turn, we might or might not appear in the reality of the people who appear in ours. To your discernment, is this what Dr. Lanza is getting at?
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