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Journeyman

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5. I fear at times that solipsism may be my fate . . .

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Sat May 18, 2019, 10:41 AM

May 2019

Maybe my life is all solipsism and I create whatever pleasure or hell that is the world around me reflected in my mind. As I age and deteriorate, so does the vision. We started out so strong, so youthful, so full of desires and bursting with hope, and now the slow roll towards chaos and decay is taking its toll. What else could explain Jack Kennedy in our youth, Red Don in his dotage?

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Solipsism and Solipsists in Religion Settings [View all] MineralMan May 2019 OP

I almost understood that abqtommy May 2019 #1

Say those 2 words in sequence 3X FAST! 😁 sprinkleeninow May 2019 #2

am not surprised at the limited response dweller May 2019 #3

Some religion believes we can change the world with a prayer, a word Bretton Garcia May 2019 #4

I fear at times that solipsism may be my fate . . . Journeyman May 2019 #5

Nah. All of that is evidence that solipsism is false, actually. MineralMan May 2019 #6

Well you are living in a world your mind created. Voltaire2 May 2019 #7

For some, it gets conflated with the shoe "matrix" MineralMan May 2019 #8