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Now my interpretation of this is that, nothing actually exists. The "real" existence is empty and void, but we are existing as a possible existence.
Originally posted by Erich94
reply to post by NiNjABackflip
Even though nothing "truly" exists. Everything does exist within the range of possibility. I believe that this is basically a projection of possibilities onto space. We are in the "cloud" that is enveloping the "universe" and this is the 10th dimension, but only a small portion of it.
Originally posted by Erich94
reply to post by GRS1234
I have wondered about the whole idea of everything being a simulation but that whole thing always comes boiling down to one key factor. If we are being simulated, can we simulate? And if we can, can that simulation eventually simulate, and etc. Or can the beings who simulated us possibly be simulated by other beings? It's just kind of a silly argument seeing as how there is no way to definitely know if anything is real or not in this scenario, and it also leaves no reason to care, because even if what we experience isn't actually real, it is still real to us, and this is what we call our "reality".
Originally posted by Wang Tang
Prepare for my skeptic attacks...
You say something something 10 dimensions therefore nothing actually exists. That is a bold conclusion to make based on purely speculative premises. You can never prove your premises to be true, and you most certainly can never prove your conclusion to be true. Not only would you have to prove that you don't exist, but you would also have to prove that I don't exist, and I will fight until my last existing breath defending the fact that I exist.
I also can't see how you can say we don't exist, but we exist as a probability. We either exist or we don't exist, there is no middle ground.
We exist as a probability... what exactly does this mean?
I do like that you are thinking big picture... very big 10-D picture at that. But I would caution you on deriving your beliefs of the world from unprovable big picture speculation, because then your beliefs will never hold logical weight.
Originally posted by Erich94
reply to post by fiftyfifty
I understand what you are saying about the whole near death experience thing, but I think you might be a bit mixed up in what dimensions are. If you died in this dimension, you wouldn't then continue to exist in another dimension, you could potentially continue existing in the same dimension, but under a different set of circumstances, since the 10th dimension encompasses all possible realities.
Originally posted by fiftyfifty
Originally posted by Wang Tang
Prepare for my skeptic attacks...
You say something something 10 dimensions therefore nothing actually exists. That is a bold conclusion to make based on purely speculative premises. You can never prove your premises to be true, and you most certainly can never prove your conclusion to be true. Not only would you have to prove that you don't exist, but you would also have to prove that I don't exist, and I will fight until my last existing breath defending the fact that I exist.
I also can't see how you can say we don't exist, but we exist as a probability. We either exist or we don't exist, there is no middle ground.
We exist as a probability... what exactly does this mean?
I do like that you are thinking big picture... very big 10-D picture at that. But I would caution you on deriving your beliefs of the world from unprovable big picture speculation, because then your beliefs will never hold logical weight.
It's interesting to think that it is possible that you only exist in my perception of reality. There is no way that anyone could prove to anyone else that they really do exist. I COULD be the centre of my universe with everything and everyone else being an illusion. What I am saying is that YOU might exist or I might exist but we don't necessarily BOTH exist.