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Pixy Misa’s thoughts on thought

My benevolent host, and guardian of my blog assets, has posted his thoughts on thought. Sample:

Unfortunately, there are only two things that we can know for certain, without any possibility of question.

First, we know that we exist. That is, I know that I exist. I don't know for certain that you exist, but you know that you exist

The second thing we know is that we are receiving information.

The nearest ship is a round, black vessel, with no windows or portholes, sitting low in the water. Its stern - as much as it can be said to have such a thing - bears the name Solipsism.

Solipsism is a belief that the only thing we know for certain is that we exist. Taken to an extreme, solipsism can say that only I exist (there's no "we" in this form of solipsism). The problem with this is that it is not an attempt at understanding, but an admission of disinterest. And of course we already know this anyway. We don't need to bother with solipsism, because everything it can tell us is already wrapped up neatly in our two axioms.

I haven’t finished reading it yet; I’ll have to go back a few more times.