--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> 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.
Barry, it's way, way, *way* out of your league. > 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. :-) >
