What is it like to live with a solipsist ( part 2) Sometimes I wonder, why is this metaphor so attractive to him? It must have some moral consequences, though at the first glance it seems just a word

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What is it like to live with a solipsist ( part 2) Sometimes I wonder, why is this metaphor so attractive to him? It must have some moral consequences, though at the first glance it seems just a word game without any practical meanings. What is his real sense when he quote this metaphor? What kind of scene will provoke his impulse to beg this outlook on world? Since he replied “that depends” then he may agree that it is possible to treat those “fake” people as real. Even if others don’t have souls, we cannot prove it true or false. Maybe both he and I will choose the blue pill if there are girls in the matrix with whom we have fallen in love. Then I understand that what he really want to express by referring to the metaphor is a kind of deep loneliness. Few people will impress him with their souls, so he just conclude they are robots straightforward. For the cold and reasonable parts in his mind, his judgment about the metaphysical truth of the world surely influence his moral choice, but when he fall in love, he is sentimental and soft, and will eat the blue pill. What he is really seeking for is not the truth of world or the way to escape the matrix, but to feel warm and being loved in this world even though it is fake. In the era of Plato, we already invented a metaphor about how fake the world is (allegory of cave), and struggled to escape it. But on the other hand no matter how exciting and exotic the journey of Odysseus is, his purpose is always coming back home. So is a solipsist. How about me? Shit I think I am just a robot in his mind too. But this time he is right. I am just an AI of Xia in this matrix, so do you silly humans! Ok, good night.

Dec 24, 2014 6:30 AM

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What is it like to live with a solipsist (part 2)

Sometimes I wonder, why is this metaphor so attractive to him? It must have some moral consequences, though at the first glance it seems just a word game without any practical meanings. What is his real sense does he really mean when he uses quote this metaphor? What kind of scene will provoke his impulse to beg experience would trigger him to have this outlook on the world? Since he replied “that depends” then he may agree that it is possible to treat those “fake” people as real. Even if others people don’t have souls, we cannot prove or disprove it. [The way you wrote a lot of these sentences is not wrong, they just sound a little awkward to me.] it true or false. Maybe both he and I will choose the blue pill if there are girls in the Matrix [capitals because it refers to a specific place] with whom we have fallen in love. [Yeah. What if Agent Smith had been a hot babe?]

Then I understand that what he really want to express by referring to the metaphor is a kind of deep loneliness. Few people will impress him with their souls, so he just concludes that they are robots. straightforward. For the cold and reasoning parts of his mind, his judgment about the metaphysical truths of the world surely influence his moral choices, but when he falls in love, he is sentimental and soft, and he will eat take the blue pill. What he is really seeking for is not the truth of the world or the way to escape the Matrix, but to feel warm and being loved in this world even if it is fake.

In the era of Plato we already invented a metaphor about how fake the world is (the allegory of the cave), and struggled to escape it. But, on the other hand, no matter how exciting and exotic the journey of Odysseus was, his goal was always coming to get back home. So is This is also the goal of a solipsist.

How about me? Shit, I think that in his mind I am just a robot in his mind too. [The word order you chose means that YOU really believe that YOU are just a robot in his mind.] But this time he is right. I am just an AI of Xia in this matrix, so do and so are you, silly humans! Ok, good night.