Can you prove the external world exists?

[All Else Failed]

well?

 

[NuckingFuts]

no not so much.

 

[NightWarrior]

Is this a "Matrix"-like question?

 

[All Else Failed]

Is this a "Matrix"-like question?

Meh.....the question has been around far longer than those movies. I'm just asking if you can without a doubt prove that what you perceive is really existing .

 

[NuckingFuts]

do you take the blue pill or the red one?

 

[dt3]

do you take the blue pill or the red one?

You can't prove the pills exist.

 

[NuckingFuts]

damn you are right. or are you? :confused

 

[TheOriginalJames]

Can you prove it doesn't exist?

 

[COOL_BREEZE2]

What is the matrix?

 

[All Else Failed]

Please....try to address the question.

 

[TheOriginalJames]

I did, but it's an impossible question that you're asking to mortals with limited knowledge of out-of-conciousness as we know it experience.

It's neither provable or disprovable either way.

 

[NuckingFuts]

yeah what James said

 

[COOL_BREEZE2]

Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself.

 

[All Else Failed]

I did, but it's an impossible question that you're asking to mortals with limited knowledge of out-of-conciousness as we know it experience.

It's neither provable or disprovable either way.

You can make educated guess though.

 

[COOL_BREEZE2]

The Architect explains:

I am the Architect. I created the matrix. I've been waiting for you. You have many questions, and although the process has altered your consciousness, you remain irrevocably human. Ergo, some of my answers you will understand, and some of them you will not. Concordantly, while your first question may be the most pertinent, you may or may not realize it is also the most irrelevant.

Neo - Why am I here?

The Architect - Your life is the sum of a remainder of an unbalanced equation inherent to the programming of the matrix. You are the eventuality of an anomaly, which despite my sincerest efforts I have been unable to eliminate from what is otherwise a harmony of mathematical precision. While it remains a burden assiduously avoided, it is not unexpected, and thus not beyond a measure of control. Which has led you, inexorably, here.

 

[TheOriginalJames]

You can make educated guess though.

An educated guess requires an education, scientific study and experience with the subject.

 

[dt3]

Please....try to address the question.

Prove the question exists.

 

[All Else Failed]

Prove the question exists.

Answer the thread question first.

 

[All Else Failed]

An educated guess requires an education, scientific study and experience with the subject.

No it doesn't.

come on people I had this question asked to me in 11th grade philosophy courses.

 

[dt3]

Answer the thread question first.

I'm not answering the question until you prove the question exists.