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Mantus · 03-27-2004, 01:48 PM

So you are “not trying to figure out if the stuff is there”…you are just trying to figure out if it exists?

Well, I am not trying to get my point across; I am just trying to explain my view of things.

Suppose that every time you close your eyes the universe around you becomes completely different. When you open them it becomes “normal” again. Since you will never be able to experience the other side of the universe, such a sate of the world would not exist for you. You will never know about it and thus the only universe that exists is the one you are aware off. You cannot be aware of something unless you experience the lack of it.

Yet thanks to your mind, you are able to create the concept of this other side of the universe, and thus it exists in your mind but since you can't experience this universe you will never know if you concept is true or false.

Though as Tophat665 pointed out early on: It doesn’t bloody matter if it exists or not. Why should we concern ourselves with something that can never influence us?

03-27-2004, 01:48 PM	#21 (permalink)
Mantus lascivious	So you are “not trying to figure out if the stuff is there”…you are just trying to figure out if it exists? Well, I am not trying to get my point across; I am just trying to explain my view of things. Suppose that every time you close your eyes the universe around you becomes completely different. When you open them it becomes “normal” again. Since you will never be able to experience the other side of the universe, such a sate of the world would not exist for you. You will never know about it and thus the only universe that exists is the one you are aware off. You cannot be aware of something unless you experience the lack of it. Yet thanks to your mind, you are able to create the concept of this other side of the universe, and thus it exists in your mind but since you can't experience this universe you will never know if you concept is true or false. Though as Tophat665 pointed out early on: It doesn’t bloody matter if it exists or not. Why should we concern ourselves with something that can never influence us? Last edited by Mantus; 03-27-2004 at 01:50 PM..