Colin Hales wrote: > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: everything-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:everything- >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brent Meeker >>Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 9:31 AM >>To: everything-list@googlegroups.com >>Subject: Re: Reality, the bogus nature of the Turing test >> >> >>Stathis Papaioannou wrote: >> >>>Bruno Marchal writes: >>> >>> >>> >>>>About solipsism I am not sure why you introduce the subject. It seems >>>>to me nobody defend it in the list. >>> >>> >>>Is anyone out there really a solipsist? Has anyone ever met or talked to >> >>a >> >>>real solipsist? >>> >>>Stathis Papaioannou >> >>Will all those who believe I don't exist contact me immediately. :-) >> >>Brent >> > > > I don't think anyone actually believes they are, but scientists certainly > act as-if they are! (all except me, of course!)
Then why do they collaborate, argue, and publish? Exactly how would they act as-if they weren't? Brent "Nobody believes a theory, except the guy who thought of it. Everbody believes an experiment, except the guy who did it." --- Leon Lederman, on physics --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---