From: nospam@example.net   
      
   On Wed, 9 Apr 2025, 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.   
      
   I'd say that this line of argumentation (which is not mine, but from   
   another thread by another person) commits you to some kind of platonism.   
      
   In my case, I believe laws are human creations. They do not exist outside   
   the human 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.   
   >   
      
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