My friend, we cannot even prove that our entire life is real.
We know the human mind is capable of extreme delusion, we can observe this in mentally unwell patients who are convinced their delusions are reality.
So if we acknowledge the human mind is capable of delusion, delusion so strong to be certain in its veracity, then there is no way that we can confidentially conclude that anything and everything we know isn’t delusion.
So in short, there is no way to definitively prove the internet is real because we can’t even definitely prove that reality is real.
I could be laying in my crib right now having imagine this and every interacting leading up to it entirely, just waiting to wake up. Literally every single thing I think I know could actually fully and completely not exist. The only thing I can be certain of in all reality is that I exist because I am considering my reality: I think, therefore I am.
Personally, I think it’s extremely unlikely. That’s why I think Apatheism is the way:
The theist says there is a God with certainty, the atheist says there is no God with certainty, the agnostic says we cannot be certain the existence of God, and the apatheist says “guys why are we wasting our time stressing out about unknowables? Let’s go get a pizza.”
My friend, we cannot even prove that our entire life is real.
We know the human mind is capable of extreme delusion, we can observe this in mentally unwell patients who are convinced their delusions are reality.
So if we acknowledge the human mind is capable of delusion, delusion so strong to be certain in its veracity, then there is no way that we can confidentially conclude that anything and everything we know isn’t delusion.
So in short, there is no way to definitively prove the internet is real because we can’t even definitely prove that reality is real.
I could be laying in my crib right now having imagine this and every interacting leading up to it entirely, just waiting to wake up. Literally every single thing I think I know could actually fully and completely not exist. The only thing I can be certain of in all reality is that I exist because I am considering my reality: I think, therefore I am.
I think therefore I am. If reality is fake it’s such a convincing fake that it effectively doesn’t matter.
Absolutely. But the harrowing part is realizing this applies to some folks we deem delusional in the context of our world too.
Yooooo
From that we can affirm that at least one thing exists [me], thus the one and true question remains: Why does something exists instead of nothing ?
This suggests a cosmic reason or purpose, yet I find no evidence for that conclusion exists.
There just might simply not be a “why?”
Yup,
Idk how likely we are to know
Personally, I think it’s extremely unlikely. That’s why I think Apatheism is the way:
The theist says there is a God with certainty, the atheist says there is no God with certainty, the agnostic says we cannot be certain the existence of God, and the apatheist says “guys why are we wasting our time stressing out about unknowables? Let’s go get a pizza.”