Thursday, March 02, 2006
Food For Thought...
I know this may come as a shock to many people, but I occasionally have a different perspective than others on mundane things. Take, for instance, space. This is something I have ALWAYS wondered about, not usually vocalizing such a radical theory. But what if I was the only REAL person in the universe? What if everything else existed merely to fulfill my every whim and desire? Similar to the old "if a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?" adage. Well, what if I was the only real being that existed, and everything else came about as a result of my existence? For example, if I decided not to go to a certain bar on a certain night, would that bar still exist? Certainly you would think people would be at that bar, but what if they aren't? What if you're just there to satisfy me? Of course, if I'd go to that bar another time, there would be a whole entire history present at the bar to account for its existence when I wasn't there, but was it really ever there? What if I'm walking on an invisible round sphere, and I never move anywhere, but everything else just sort of materializes as I move my legs, to make it seem like I'm moving. How would a person know the difference? Maybe as you're reading this, it's really just to make my existence seem more real. Sure, you could read this, not comment, and I would never know you read it. But what if I run into you someday in the future, and the subject of this blog comes up? Then you might realize you were really just there to please me. So maybe I really AM the center of the universe. Of course, one could not give consideration to this possibility without also giving credence to the possibility that I'm just here to make someone else's life more meaningful. Maybe all these experiences, all these memories are just someone else's imagination, or dream. How are we to know? I'm not questioning the existence of an omniscient persona, but how do we know the motive of such a presence? Aiight, this is getting MUCH too deep here, time to wrap up. Peace out.
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You know your ramblings of thought seem so familiar to me. I have at some point also pondered this, thinking at one time maybe all others were robots and it was all simply a test to see how I'd react to certian situations. Glad to know I'm not alone in the universe because if you were a robot you would not give me this insight.
Who is this "anonymous" person trying to get on my MAN!!!
Mr./Ms. Anonymous, I have had that same thought in the past. Basically, if you take what you said in your comment, and replace the word "robots" with "aliens" you'd have another of my musings down. And Mr. Stonewall, stop being so DIFFICULT! Muster up some of that "incredible strength" and apply it toward some "friendly." And what would Stotan say about that comment?
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