--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > Are you taking the position of solipsism? > > > > > > Just out of curiosity, how would you refute solipsism? > > > > Can't speak for Curtis, but I've always noticed > > that a good surprise punch in the solar plexus > > cures most solipsists of their naive belief that > > they create the universe all by themselves. It's > > amazing how much one learns about interdependent > > origination while gasping desperately for air. :-) > > Barry, this is way, *way* out of your league.
No, it just settles the question instantly. A solar plexus strike is good for that; just out of the blue, no warning whatsoever, and the budding solipsist can't breathe...the nerve center controlling his diaphragm just refuses to function. It does no permanent harm, but for about a minute, minute and a half, there is simply no possibility of him believing that he is in control of his life or that he creates everything in it. Hell, he can't even create the ability to breathe. Solipsism is a pampered shut-in's belief system. You can only believe in it if you don't interact with the world much, and then primarily in your imagination. Fairly well- to-do, pampered people who have protected themselves from the world around them ever affecting them much can come to believe that they "create" it. But one quick shoto strike to the solar plexus, and the truth of interdependent origination is made clear. :-)
