If you do not communicate with us, what grounds could there be for supposing that you even have thoughts? — Banno
The issue here was if someone could have a concept of "me" without a concept of "not me". You've moved to someone with no concepts whatsoever. — Banno
Largely for the sake of argument I took the position that it was possible to have the concept “me” without necessarily needing the concept “not me.” — Pinprick
because there is a difference between you as an individual entity, and the experience you are having. They are two different things. — Lif3r
I am something other than my experiences? Fancy that. — Pantagruel
Are you still you after you die and cease to experience? — Pinprick
Your psychology might be an accumulation of your experience, but you are also an entity. A real thing — Lif3r
You can take any key part of your experience, and say that because of this, the simulation exists. — opt-ae
I cannot be mistaken about the fact that I am thinking now. — Pantagruel
In fact, I'm the only one thinking now. I'm that demon Descartes was always going on about, and I'm pretending you're thinking, just as I pretended he was. Sorry. — Ciceronianus the White
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