12-21-2003, 11:38 PM
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FFR Player
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Worcester, MA
Posts: 796
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Originally Posted by chardish
Even creepier to think about:
What if I'm the only real person, and the world around me is all a massive figment of my imagination?
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Or, slightly similarly, "what if the world was just made right now, but it was made with all memories, et cetera?"
Or combine them, "what if I was just put into this world, but all my, and everyone else's memories, etc. came with me?"
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Originally Posted by Henri Poincaré
The scientist does not study nature because it is useful to do so. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it, and he takes pleasure in it because it is beautiful.
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