You've demonstrated that it's possible to doubt it. — Tate
How do we know there is a behind us? — Darkneos
Is it possible coherently to doubt it? — Cuthbert
If it's true, all statements about the past are false. — Cuthbert
Could you explain why — Tate
Yes, I got that. After a slow start. My answer is to ask a friend to look and check for me. — Cuthbert
Pretty sure we do. — Darkneos
I don't consider that possibility valid — Darkneos
There is no seed, it's a non starter and not to mention not even related to the behind you question — Darkneos
You don't know what's behind you until you do ask a friend, or turn around. — Tate
Nothing exists [...] — Gorgias
Imagine an infinitely large line of people or a line of people that goes all the way around earth. Every person in each scenario has a person in front and another person behind them; in addition, each person is in front and behind two other people. Imagine you are the leftmost in a group of three people from one of these lines. How would you explain that the person in front of you is the person in front of you when that person is in the "behind" of someone else? In fact, how would you explain your existence when you are someone else's behind? — Daniel
Watch out, the world's behind you
There's always someone around you who will call
It's nothing at all — Velvet Underground, Sunday Morning
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