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[size=14pt]Bus Ads Deny The Existence Of God Other Minds[/size]

Citing the impossibility of having direct, immediate experience of another person’s consciousness, a group of solipsists is running ads on buses declaring “There Are Probably No Other Minds . . . Now Stopping Worrying and Enjoy Your Hallucinations.”

The campaign is the brainchild of Richard Dawkins, author of the self-published “The You Delusion.”

Dawkins said he got the idea from his life-long study of atheism. “Once I realized there was no proof of a higher intelligence in the universe, it struck me as a colossal leap of faith to believe that there were any other minds out there besides my own,” he said. “All of my experience of ‘them,’ however real it may seem, occurs exclusively in my head, and the fact that ‘they’ appear to exhibit signs of self-awareness similar to my own is simply another part of the same personal, subjective phenomenon.”

Dawkins added that he had long suspected that the sinful, chattering idiots by whom he found himself surrounded were too stupid to be real. He nevertheless expressed a certain affection for the amusing, imaginary creatures, even when they were bad. “Having brought them into being by the force of my will, I feel a strong, fatherly, near-infinite love for those whom I have made in my image.”



DISCLAIMER: The above is not really Dawkins. It is merely a parody of him


Source: http://ravingatheist.com/page/7/

"Atheist Evangelical Worldwide" Daddy G.O aka Dawkins with his convert behind a banner and colorful balloons...soon they'll start organizing crusades.

SNCOQ3: "Atheist Evangelical Worldwide" Daddy G.O aka Dawkins with his convert behind a banner and colorful balloons...soon they'll start organizing crusades.

While I appreciate your comment, I think you missed the point of the OP

delusions of grandeur plus psychosis fights the author of this thread

ooman: delusions of grandeur plus psychosis fights the author of this thread

Lol true...but think about it carefully. can you really provide any proof that another person's consciousness exists other than yours?

Mr_Anony2:
Lol...but think about it carefully. can you really provide any proof that other minds exist other than yours?

There is no organ such as a mind. Its all in your head. Religion can really make one crazy. ugh!!

Mr_Anony2:
Lol...but think about it carefully. can you really provide any proof that any other mind exists other than yours?

Bros, how far?

ooman:

There is no organ such as a mind. Its all in your head. Religion can really make one crazy. ugh!!

Exactly! it is also all in your head that a universe exists because if you die, how will you know that a universe is still existing?

-double post-

musKeeto:

Bros, how far?

Lol, how far wetin?

Anony and the likes lack the understanding of what Dawkins is saying. He is referring to wave-particle nature of matter.

you have to understand this:
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ALL THE WORLD AROUND US IS COMPOSED OF MATTER WAVES, EVEN OURSELVES. THEREFORE, AS YOU READ THIS, THERE IS ONLY A PROBABILITY THAT YOU ARE THERE AT ALL!![/size]

NOW, THAT IS QUANTUM PHYSICS!

Mr_Anony2:
Exactly! it is also all in your head that a universe exists because if you die, how will you know that a universe is still existing?

Dead or not, you are still part of the cosmos - the cosmos includes the universe and everything outside or inside oF it.

THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGES IS CONSCIOUSNESS!!

http://old.richarddawkins.net/videos/3494-atheists-launch-bus-ad-campaign



For those interested in truth and not straw men op

Logicboy03:

so the OP was fake?

ooman:

so the OP was fake?

Anony is fake also

ooman:

Dead or not, you are still part of the cosmos - the cosmos includes the universe and everything outside or inside oF it.

THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGES IS CONSCIOUSNESS!!

You are missing the point. How do you know this for sure outside your own consciousness?

Mr_Anony2:
Lol, how far wetin?

You know that the mind and whatever you experience is subjective. It would also mean the experience of God would be subjective too. Abi, no be so?

There's no way I can prove what's in your mind. Same would go for God, right?

EDIT: Seems you changed mind to consciousness.

Logicboy03:


Anony is fake also

This is disappointing, I have only wasted my time.

However, in the quantum physics sense, state of existence can be truly conceived to be a delusion, hence, consciousness can be induced. Work is going on about this!!!

Logicboy03:


http://old.richarddawkins.net/videos/3494-atheists-launch-bus-ad-campaign



For those interested in truth and not straw men op

Lol, so it wasn't obvious to you that I was presenting a parody?

Mr_Anony2:
You are missing the point. How do you know this for sure outside your own consciousness?

Outside consciousness, there is no observation!!! Get that into your little dafty head?

musKeeto:
You know that the mind and whatever you experience is subjective. It would also mean the experience of God would be subjective too. Abi, no be so?

Na so, ibu nwa mara akwukwo. The point of the solipsists is that if everything you experience is subjective to you, then everything is in your mind.

There's no way I can prove what's in your mind. Same would go for God, right?

There is no way that you can prove that other people even have minds in the first place not to talk of what is in them

EDIT: Seems you changed mind to consciousness.

To me they mean the same thing, I only edited it for the sake those who like to split hairs

Mr_Anony2: While I appreciate your comment, I think you missed the point of the OP

Sorry, perhaps we're expected to address the issue; I just find Dawkin's activities amusing.

ooman:

Outside consciousness, there is no observation!!! Get that into your little dafty head?

lolol, exactly. But when I die I won't be able to observe the universe....Therefore the universe only exists within my consciousness.

Mr_Anony2:
lolol, exactly. But when I die I won't be able to observe the universe....Therefore the universe only exists within my consciousness.

AND SO DOES GOD. NOW YOU ARE TALKING WITH SENSE

Mr_Anony2:
Na so, ibu nwa mara akwukwo. The point of the solipsists is that if everything you experience is subjective to you, then everything is in your mind.

Lol @ bolded.

Mr_Anony2:
There is no way that you can prove that other people even have minds in the first place not to talk of what is in them

Funny, hence cometh the question
Why is the mad man mad? Does the mad man view us as sane?

Mr_Anony2:
lolol, exactly. But when I die I won't be able to observe the universe....Therefore the universe only exists within my consciousness.

AND SO DOES GOD. NOW YOU ARE TALKING WITH SENSE, OR ARE YOU AN ATHEIST ALREADY??

Mr_Anony2:
lolol, exactly. But when I die I won't be able to observe the universe....Therefore the universe only exists within my consciousness.

ooman:

AND SO DOES GOD. NOW YOU ARE TALKING WITH SENSE, OR ARE YOU AN ATHEIST ALREADY??

Ok, what's going on here?

Mr_Anony2:
Lol, so it wasn't obvious to you that I was presenting a parody?

A parody of what? That has little relation to Dawkins. Bad parody


Why not address solipsism on its own? Or use an argument of solipsism made by someone to make a parody out of?

SNCOQ3:

Sorry, perhaps we're expected to address the issue; I just find Dawkin's activities amusing.

Nah, Dawkins didn't really do that, the op is just making a parody of Dawkins' arguements. If Dawkins holds that God does not exist because he can't physically observe God, we can take it a step further to argue that other people other than Dawkins equally do not have a consciousness because Dawkins cannot by physical observation conclude that there exists a separate consciousness other than his own.

musKeeto:


Ok, what's going on here?

still figuring it out

Mr_Anony2:
Nah, Dawkins didn't really do that, the op is just making a parody of Dawkins' arguements. If Dawkins holds that God does not exist because he can't physically observe God, we can take it a step further to argue that other people other than Dawkins equally do not have a consciousness because Dawkins cannot by physical observation conclude that there exists a separate consciousness other than his own.

The bold doesnt not follow. Non sequitur. Also doesnt make sense

following..