Artemis_Mystique@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 10 months agoThere is no point in trying to escape the simulation; Odds are, we don't exist outside it!message-square49fedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down14
arrow-up178arrow-down1message-squareThere is no point in trying to escape the simulation; Odds are, we don't exist outside it!Artemis_Mystique@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoDoes that mean that one of us isn’t real?
minus-squarenovibe@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-210 months agoLike a dream, you are just me. The floor I walk is me. The air I breathe is me. Everyone I meet, everything I feel, is just me. Nothing is real except I.
minus-squareFroyn@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoI followed you (Egg Theory) right up until that last line. Slash dot? The tech website is the only real thing?
minus-squareFroyn@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoDamn, was really hoping there was some deeper stuff I was missing. So you’re a subscriber to Egg Theory then?
minus-squarenovibe@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-210 months agoIt’s not called the Egg Theory. Its called Advaita Vedanta and it’s the oldest religion/metaphysics we have written records for. And it can indeed get pretty deep. You should read Shankara‘s commentaries on the Vedas.
Does that mean that one of us isn’t real?
Like a dream, you are just me. The floor I walk is me. The air I breathe is me. Everyone I meet, everything I feel, is just me. Nothing is real except I.
I followed you (Egg Theory) right up until that last line.
Slash dot? The tech website is the only real thing?
I, me 😆
Damn, was really hoping there was some deeper stuff I was missing. So you’re a subscriber to Egg Theory then?
It’s not called the Egg Theory. Its called Advaita Vedanta and it’s the oldest religion/metaphysics we have written records for.
And it can indeed get pretty deep. You should read Shankara‘s commentaries on the Vedas.