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   Borax Man to Richmond   
   Re: To the solipsist.   
   11 Apr 25 14:01:13   
   
   From: rotflol2@hotmail.com   
      
   On 2025-04-09, Richmond  wrote:   
   > D  writes:   
   >   
   >> Some random thoughts from an email discussion targeted toward the   
   >> solipsist. Enjoy! =)   
   >>   
   >> Ask him if he believes: "Every rule has an exception."   
   >>   
   >> If he says no, then there are rules thay have no exceptions. I.e. there   
   exist   
   >> inviolable laws. So in addition to the existence of his mind there are also   
   >> laws.   
   >   
   > Stop there. Laws don't need to be outside the mind. Laws in mathematics   
   > or logic for example don't require more than a mind.   
   >   
   > Also, all senses are processed by the unconscious mind. So senses are   
   > mind too.   
   >   
   > Here's an interesting thing which I read, apparently most of the   
   > information which flows between the eyes and the brain is from the brain   
   > to the eyes, and not the other way around. This is because the brain   
   > tells the eyes what to expect mostly, and the eyes tell the brain if   
   > something different happened. This is the way digital TV works too, as   
   > it is more efficient than transmitting the same things over and over   
   > when they haven't changed.   
   >   
   > When was the last time you saw the blind spot in your eye? Your senses   
   > are deceiving you.   
      
   Do you mean to say, that most of the image we have, is generated by the   
   brain, rather than the eyes?  I don't think the eyes themselves respond   
   to signals from the brain that way.  My understanding is the brain   
   mostly constructs the image, and uses input from the eyes for changes.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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