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Old 06-24-2002, 02:43 PM   #92
Talthyr Malkaviel
Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice
 

Join Date: August 31, 2001
Location: Land of the Britons
Age: 38
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Quote:
Originally posted by Willard:
And another thing....
If by the theory you guys are saying, that there is only one person in the universe and that is yourself, something is screwed up.
Everybody is considered "yourself" by themselves. Does that mean that every person in in his or her own separate universe, where everybody else is just a figment of the imagination? And how can you imagine every other person in "your" universe if they constantly change the enviroment. Every person in "your" universe, and there are billions of people, has his or her own way of thinking, has his or her own life with many different problems and solutions, and is a concept of more than a single human mind can comprehend. And, if everything in "your" universe is created by your mind, why are there rotten things? Many people have a definite image of the "perfect" world, yet if it is your universe, why do you not think and create a perfect world? By your theory, everything is created by your mind, but why is it not possible to change the world? Why are there rotten and bad things? If everything was based on your imagination, I would think that you would cut out such things as:

Clogged toilets
Mosquitoes
Files
That person that you absolutely detest at work
Crime
Hunger
Tellitubbies

Stuff like that! I just don't get this theory, and I believe that it is not possible for everything to be created by your single mind.
Really, you don't believe people would invclude bad things? Why not?
It may sound odd, but this reminds me of the episode of Red Dwarf, Better than life, the program that grants them their ultimate dreams turns on them because Rimmer has a complex so that he actually tries mentally to punish himself.
If everything was imagined, who syas the person wouldn't include bad things, and if we lived in a Utopia, we wouln't even recognise the concepts of bad and good.
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