A deep thinking question, for those that like to think.

[NextGen]

As a kid and sleeping over at friends houses. I remember waking up to forget where I was. This happened alot and was kinda scary for the first few minutes of waking up.

[ermitonto]

Well, you don't have faith in common with me. I don't assume what can't be proven. Truth is, you can't prove that the world behind you exists. I can't even conclusively prove that other people exist. I can't prove that this reality isn't all a dream and I don't experience the "real reality" until I'm "asleep". For practical purposes they make okay assumptions, but you can never be 100% sure of anything but your own existence.

[meek mike]

Well, you don't have faith in common with me.

Alright Mr or Mrs defensive. But I beg to differ. We do have faith in common. Have you ever sat on a chair? I'm guessing you have. So we both at least have faith that the chair we sit in will hold us up.

I think to many people are watching the Matrix, 13th Floor, etc.

Would this prove to you all that what is behind you does exist:

Have someone stand infront of you, give that person a pin, coin, paper clip whatever and ask the person to throw it behind you. When you turn around and have to pick up what ever they threw you'll know that whats behind you does exist.

Or Fuck it.

Bend over and look between your legs. You can see both infront and behind you.

Rev. Michael T
Soldier for Christ and Cannabis

[ermitonto]

Right, but I have good empirical evidence for believing all these things. Not exactly 100% proof, since there is the slight and highly unlikely possibility that all that I am experiencing is actually an illusion of some sort, Ã* la The Matrix, so the best I could prove is that there is some sort of sensory input I'm getting that gives me the impression that the world behind me exists.

[lateralus]

Alright Mr or Mrs defensive. But I beg to differ. We do have faith in common. Have you ever sat on a chair? I'm guessing you have. So we both at least have faith that the chair we sit in will hold us up.

I think to many people are watching the Matrix, 13th Floor, etc.

Would this prove to you all that what is behind you does exist:

Have someone stand infront of you, give that person a pin, coin, paper clip whatever and ask the person to throw it behind you. When you turn around and have to pick up what ever they threw you'll know that whats behind you does exist.

Or Fuck it.

Bend over and look between your legs. You can see both infront and behind you.

Rev. Michael T
Soldier for Christ and Cannabis

Welllll, I was going to say the coin thing. But the point was you can't prove it's there until you see it. As for looking between your legs.. He meant you can't prove it's there if you can't see it, not if it's not in front of you. You're right about the chair, though. You don't expect to sit in a chair only for it to break and you to fall on your ass.

Sorry if I didn't make sense. Bed time. ->

[Bel Acres]

You can hear things behind you, you can touch things behind you, you can smell things behind you, and to some extent you can sense things behind you.

If there was a screaming, sweaty guy punching me in the back of the head I like to see anybody try to tell me I couldn't prove he was there.

[lateralus]

He could be just in your imagination.

[ermitonto]

Well, maybe you're just hallucinating a screaming, sweaty guy punching you in the back of the head.

[Bel Acres]

That's just a cop-out. Besides, hallucinations can't punch me.

[lateralus]

A cop-out? Eh, what about if you're dreaming at the time? Then he's not really there. And I'm pretty sure with enough drugs, anything could punch you.