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Grothendieck · 04-29-2003, 05:09 PM

Actually I don't understand the question.

Do you mean not being able to *imagine* myself not existing? I can do that very well... I look around, think about the other people I know or don't know, and just subtract myself... Presto, the world still exists, just as it will when I'm dead.

Or do you mean imagine me thinking, without having a brain to think with? That would be a contradiction, an impossibility.

Or, finally, are you asking about the riddle of us not being able to decide "for sure" whether we actually exist. In a "The Matrix2 kind of way. Which would be more about the question whether our world exists... But I don't think you asked about that topic.

Could you put your question more precisely, Jesus Pimp?

04-29-2003, 05:09 PM	#26 (permalink)
Grothendieck Crazy Location: Switzerland	Actually I don't understand the question. Do you mean not being able to imagine myself not existing? I can do that very well... I look around, think about the other people I know or don't know, and just subtract myself... Presto, the world still exists, just as it will when I'm dead. Or do you mean imagine me thinking, without having a brain to think with? That would be a contradiction, an impossibility. Or, finally, are you asking about the riddle of us not being able to decide "for sure" whether we actually exist. In a "The Matrix2 kind of way. Which would be more about the question whether our world exists... But I don't think you asked about that topic. Could you put your question more precisely, Jesus Pimp? __________________ Didn't remember how intense love could be... Thank you B.