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2 Post author: G0W51 31 January 2015 02:00AM

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Comment author: g_pepper 01 February 2015 06:58:15PM 2 points [-]

You stated that you were acting:

I am instead acting as if I thought I was thinking....

I took you at your word on that :).

Anyway, it seems to me that you either are thinking, think you are thinking, are acting, or think you are acting. Any of these things implies your existence. Therefore, you exist.

Comment author: G0W51 03 February 2015 01:54:44AM 0 points [-]

I think we're not on the same page. I'll try to be more clear. I don't really believe anything, nor do I believe the previous statement, nor do I believe the statement before this, nor the one before this, and so on. Essentially, I don't believe anything I say. That doesn't mean what I say is wrong, of course; it just means that it can't really be used to convince me of anything. Similarly, I say that I'm acting as if I accepted the premises, but I don't believe in this either.

Also, I'm getting many dislikes. Do you happen to know why that it? I want to do better.