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Counterarguments to "cogito" have been made that remove the "I", stating that you only know that thought is occurring, but not that you're doing it. But I have no issue with cogito, but it is an obvious presupposition that others exist or reality exist. The problem of solipsism cannot be solved. But they are assumptions we all make, otherwise we can do nothing. No steps can be taken before we agree that reality is real.
However, from there, I suggest you warm to the notion of "I don't know". You've somehow decided that reality is made of sine waves, but seemingly without any basis for such a belief. It's clear that you some wild ideas about the nature of reality, and you may even believe them...but you didn't give any evidence why that is the case. Have you measured these waves? Can they be detected? From where do they originate? Where do they terminate? How did they begin, how do they perpetuate? These should be a fairly simple questions for a phenomenon that you have sufficient evidence to believe.
As empty as the basis for waves was, your discussion of cosmic consciousness was even less clear. I don't even understand what you believe, let alone why.
I'm open-minded, I happily heard you out, but at the end of the day it's the same as every other pseudoscience woo belief. You're, seemingly, so uncomfortable with not knowing the answers that you're willing to make up answers. But you don't have sufficient evidence to believe it, to accept it as true or likely true.
Ready? I'll help you out. Why is there something rather than nothing? I don't know. What came before the rapid expansion we call the big bang? I don't know. If space and time came into existence at that moment, does before even make sense? I don't know. Does material reality exist? I don't know, but I think so because every bit of evidence I have indicates that it does, and I have no evidence to the contrary. Are the laws of logic absolutely inviolable? I don't know for sure, but I think so, again all evidence points to yes, and to demonstrate they are not true, you'd likely have to use the laws of logic to disprove the laws of logic.
It's been interesting, but also frustrating. Have a good day.
I ran my post through ChatGPT so that I could get a more interesting response than the drivel you sent me. Unsurprisingly, I received a positive critique that added value to the discussion. The technological singularity is upon us.
I'm sitting here trying to explain something you requested in a language that you can understand and you respond by telling me that I should have just said "I don't know."
You think that I just pulled this shit out of my ass and haven't spent the last 30 to 40 years researching metaphysics, physics, philosophy, science, art, history, etc etc etc..
I'm no stranger to Robert Anton Wilson's radical agnosticism. So I'll do what you want. I don't know. I don't know that atoms exist, or air, or love. I don't know any of this, but I have a strong suspicion, just like I had a strong suspicion all along with this would be a waste of my time and you just wanted to one up somebody.
That genuinely did not read like thoughts that have been developing for 40 years. It sounded like you made the whole thing up on the spot.
Why not actually respond to what they said, instead of saying "ChatGPT likes it, I've been researching for years and you're just mean, what a waste of time"?
They made actual points. Be a good philosopher and discuss.