The impenetrability of the consciousness of others

[FBM]

I find myself increasingly drawn to Buddhist ideas in particular the notion of emptiness an the idea that the world is essentially a construction of our consciousness.

[Feck]

I find myself increasingly drawn to Buddhist ideas in particular the notion of emptiness an the idea that the world is essentially a construction of our consciousness.

what he said

[FBM]

I find myself increasingly drawn to Buddhist ideas in particular the notion of emptiness an the idea that the world is essentially a construction of our consciousness.

what he said

Same goes for me.

[Feck]

I find myself increasingly drawn to Buddhist ideas in particular the notion of emptiness an the idea that the world is essentially a construction of our consciousness.

what he said

Same goes for me.

[FBM]

I find myself increasingly drawn to Buddhist ideas in particular the notion of emptiness an the idea that the world is essentially a construction of our consciousness.

what he said

Same goes for me.

Edit: Oops. Sorry, Rum. I forgot this was GSD&P.

[Feck]

I find myself increasingly drawn to Buddhist ideas in particular the notion of emptiness an the idea that the world is essentially a construction of our consciousness.

what he said

Same goes for me.

Edit: Oops. Sorry, Rum. I forgot this was GSD&P.

That was naughty of us , I'm sorry too

[Tero]

It is possible that the entire universe is inside your head. I am not sure what I am in that case. A prop?

[Trolldor]

That the universe is 'entirely in your head' is as probable as the universe is actually a shitstain on some Cosmic-sized underwear. People are only drawn to that 'extension of consciousness' bullshit because they like to feel important.

[Feck]

How does feeling subjective rather than objective translate to feeling important ?

[Trolldor]

Because you're believing the universe is the result of your observation when the reverse is the reality.

[FBM]

Are we island universes?

That would lead to infinite regress, wouldn't it?

On another note: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/other-minds/

[Horwood Beer-Master]

...What you experience on the inside is behaviour of the brain. If you could understand that, you would know the person.

That was essentially Dennett's point.

[Rum]

Because you're believing the universe is the result of your observation when the reverse is the reality.

No, you misunderstand the OP. The view you seem to detest so much is called 'solipsism'. ( see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism)

There is no evidence either way on this one. 'Common sense' however dictates that your mind is one of the billions that exist on the planet today. My OP was not about solipsism, but about the fact that each of those minds is totally isolated except for the narrow pathways of communication which we have between ourselves, all prone to misunderstanding, ambiguity and in any case lacking in content for the most part.

We invent the content of the universe and we project it too in my view,

[beige]

Would this be in any way linked then, to wondering whether what you perceive as "red" for example, or anything in particular is actually the same as what others are seeing?

[Azathoth]

As long as people can agree what red is who gives a fuck what it looks like in someone elses head