I was thinking about solipsism. Which, in the event you don't bother with things like this is like "My mind is the only thing that i can know exists". Here, I'll grab something off wikipedia.
"given that I can only observe the behaviour of others,
how can I know that others have minds?"
how can I know that others have minds?"
But, going by this, if there is no way to guarantee that anyone else had a mind or 'exists' per se, if in the event that other people do not exist, what is the point of anything if you are the only sentient being ever? And then, if you are the only sentient being, what is the point of anyone else, or friendship or relationship?
But then, on the other side, if they do have minds, one can also ask what the point of anything is. To which I would reply "to exist, to understand, to experience" as, I believe, in life, the best things and feelings you can gain are from doing and feeling and learning. Now, don't confuse what I'm saying, you can live your life doing things because of what other people say, but ultimately, you are in control of what you do, and the consequences of that, just as you are responsible for what you believe, though outside factors effect how you come to the outcomes you do. So, living a life doing what you are told and not experiencing things for yourself and owning up to what you do and generally not completely saying "yes, I -am- in control of my own life" you are not really doing. Only acting as one feels they are supposed to. And feeling, feeling. You need to go out, and talk to strangers and try things you wouldn't normally do and let loose and fall in love and fall in hate and try things you don't like, just so you can feel everything you can. But learning oh, to understand what is happening around you and know about people and their hopes and fears and to able to explain exactly how a black hole is theorised to work and read the classics and know the new age geniuses and just to know. To be able to make informed decisions and understand what you are being told and just knowledge. It is amazing.
Thus my strange thoughts end.
But then, on the other side, if they do have minds, one can also ask what the point of anything is. To which I would reply "to exist, to understand, to experience" as, I believe, in life, the best things and feelings you can gain are from doing and feeling and learning. Now, don't confuse what I'm saying, you can live your life doing things because of what other people say, but ultimately, you are in control of what you do, and the consequences of that, just as you are responsible for what you believe, though outside factors effect how you come to the outcomes you do. So, living a life doing what you are told and not experiencing things for yourself and owning up to what you do and generally not completely saying "yes, I -am- in control of my own life" you are not really doing. Only acting as one feels they are supposed to. And feeling, feeling. You need to go out, and talk to strangers and try things you wouldn't normally do and let loose and fall in love and fall in hate and try things you don't like, just so you can feel everything you can. But learning oh, to understand what is happening around you and know about people and their hopes and fears and to able to explain exactly how a black hole is theorised to work and read the classics and know the new age geniuses and just to know. To be able to make informed decisions and understand what you are being told and just knowledge. It is amazing.
Thus my strange thoughts end.
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