Artemis_Mystique@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 11 months agoThere is no point in trying to escape the simulation; Odds are, we don't exist outside it!message-squaremessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1169
arrow-up1169message-squareThere is no point in trying to escape the simulation; Odds are, we don't exist outside it!Artemis_Mystique@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoDoes that mean that one of us isn’t real?
minus-squarenovibe@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-211 months agoLike a dream, you are just me. The floor I walk is me. The air I breathe is me. Everyone I meet, everything I feel, is just me. Nothing is real except I.
minus-squareivanafterall@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoSo I’m still just having sex with myself? I should have known it was too good to be true.
minus-squareSidewaysHighways@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoWe’re all only having sex with you
minus-squareFroyn@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoI followed you (Egg Theory) right up until that last line. Slash dot? The tech website is the only real thing?
minus-squareFroyn@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoDamn, was really hoping there was some deeper stuff I was missing. So you’re a subscriber to Egg Theory then?
minus-squareSidewaysHighways@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoIt’s called that from that little story about god talking to a recently deceased dude with the end result being that this universe is an egg? Awesome. I guess I’m an egg theory subscriber.
minus-squarenovibe@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 months agoIt’s not called the Egg Theory. Its called Advaita Vedanta and it’s the oldest religion/metaphysics we have written records for. And it can indeed get pretty deep. You should read Shankara‘s commentaries on the Vedas.
Does that mean that one of us isn’t real?
Like a dream, you are just me. The floor I walk is me. The air I breathe is me. Everyone I meet, everything I feel, is just me. Nothing is real except I.
So I’m still just having sex with myself? I should have known it was too good to be true.
We’re all only having sex with you
I followed you (Egg Theory) right up until that last line.
Slash dot? The tech website is the only real thing?
I, me 😆
Damn, was really hoping there was some deeper stuff I was missing. So you’re a subscriber to Egg Theory then?
It’s called that from that little story about god talking to a recently deceased dude with the end result being that this universe is an egg?
Awesome. I guess I’m an egg theory subscriber.
It’s not called the Egg Theory. Its called Advaita Vedanta and it’s the oldest religion/metaphysics we have written records for.
And it can indeed get pretty deep. You should read Shankara‘s commentaries on the Vedas.