On Solipsism and its Impertinence: The Unintelligible Exegesis of Reality
Solipsism on its face seems to be a rather innocuous and almost laughable proposition. While I would maintain that the latter quality in some way does describe its nature, it would be deeply shortsighted to suggest that it is harmless. This incoherent proposition dictates (in essence) that there is no such thing as objective reality - everything is the byproduct of subjectivity and everyone creates their own version of the truth and perception of the universe. This is an attempt to render all ideas and methodologies to mere opinion, and therefore there is no need to analyze their validity. This a very dangerous ideology that promotes and values ignorance and zeal for apathy. One salient way in which one can see how this a blatant pillaging of intelligence, is the idea that reason and logic are also futile. Since this overarching perspective on reality mandates that everything can and will be reduced to subjectivity, the idea of methodologies that best enable us to make sense are discarded.
How so? Reason is a faculty that we should all appreciate and respect, as logic is a method without which we could not survive. However, if one were to even insinuate that everyone possesses their own version of these systems (an incoherent tenet at best) then their noble attempts at trying to reach tentative positions that are most likely to be objectively correct, is nullified. By proxy, this would also apply to the best method on which humanity depends and operates daily - science. The philosophical balances of empiricism and rationalism have birthed this noble discipline, which has provided us with innumerable innovations spanning from health care all the way to technology. Epicurus first (so far as we have a record) established this in the days of ancient Greece, whose mantle was then adopted and improved by Lucretius and his beautiful philosophical inquiries in De Rerum Natura. Through much inquiry, dialectic, and experience, our species managed to conceive and implement a practice so exemplary. Yet once again, some individuals would rather prefer to impose an incomprehensible and irrelevant way of thinking based on unfounded assertions and mental masturbation. These are the writhings of madmen, and as Marx professed in his critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right when describing an equally depraved ideology "Sighs of the oppressed creature". Alas, take heart fellow naturalists. Their own ramblings collapse upon themselves quite easily and do not hold up well against scrutiny. There are endless paradoxes and fallacies involved, a few of which include: the invocation of reasoning in an ideology that negates its purpose, being completely unverifiable and unfalsifiable, and violating Occam's Razor. In order to derive such a conclusion about reality, one must use their thinking faculties to arrive at it. This is an invocation of reason, and if anyone agrees with your proposition, this transgresses the rule against the existence of objectivity. Also, much like another totalitarian ideology which is still praised and permeates throughout our globe today, none of its claims can be examined. There is no method that can produce substantial and consistent evidence or a lack there-of through rigorous testing; this would imply something upon which various individuals could concur as being objectively focused in practice. Finally, (when paraphrased ineptly by me) the first half of Occam's razor dictates that if there is a simpler sufficient explanation to describe a natural phenomenon or idea, always use it over one that is more complex. The second half describes a habitual correlation between the increase in amount of assumptions that are needed to be made in order to support the idea, and the likelihood of its inaccuracy. In essence, the solipsistic argument is superfluous and holds virtually zero explanatory power. This method thinking is at best impertinent, and in the very least, harmless.
The reason for its ethical bale is due to the mentality one could potentially espouse regarding their fellow humans. If one were to assume that they are the architect and central core of their own universe (making one out to be a minor god), they are paying far too much by way of compliment to themselves for a species that shares 98% of its DNA with a chimpanzee - pacé, chimps. Even though they would not accept the scientific discovery that proposes our relationship with every other living being on earth, the fact remains unscathed. Feeling as though you engendered your own reality can lead one to feeling superior to others as mere pawns for pleasure in your plot. This is obscene arrogance even when it is not acknowledged by a solipsist, an even more wicked when it is.
In short, check your purpose - mammals.
How so? Reason is a faculty that we should all appreciate and respect, as logic is a method without which we could not survive. However, if one were to even insinuate that everyone possesses their own version of these systems (an incoherent tenet at best) then their noble attempts at trying to reach tentative positions that are most likely to be objectively correct, is nullified. By proxy, this would also apply to the best method on which humanity depends and operates daily - science. The philosophical balances of empiricism and rationalism have birthed this noble discipline, which has provided us with innumerable innovations spanning from health care all the way to technology. Epicurus first (so far as we have a record) established this in the days of ancient Greece, whose mantle was then adopted and improved by Lucretius and his beautiful philosophical inquiries in De Rerum Natura. Through much inquiry, dialectic, and experience, our species managed to conceive and implement a practice so exemplary. Yet once again, some individuals would rather prefer to impose an incomprehensible and irrelevant way of thinking based on unfounded assertions and mental masturbation. These are the writhings of madmen, and as Marx professed in his critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right when describing an equally depraved ideology "Sighs of the oppressed creature". Alas, take heart fellow naturalists. Their own ramblings collapse upon themselves quite easily and do not hold up well against scrutiny. There are endless paradoxes and fallacies involved, a few of which include: the invocation of reasoning in an ideology that negates its purpose, being completely unverifiable and unfalsifiable, and violating Occam's Razor. In order to derive such a conclusion about reality, one must use their thinking faculties to arrive at it. This is an invocation of reason, and if anyone agrees with your proposition, this transgresses the rule against the existence of objectivity. Also, much like another totalitarian ideology which is still praised and permeates throughout our globe today, none of its claims can be examined. There is no method that can produce substantial and consistent evidence or a lack there-of through rigorous testing; this would imply something upon which various individuals could concur as being objectively focused in practice. Finally, (when paraphrased ineptly by me) the first half of Occam's razor dictates that if there is a simpler sufficient explanation to describe a natural phenomenon or idea, always use it over one that is more complex. The second half describes a habitual correlation between the increase in amount of assumptions that are needed to be made in order to support the idea, and the likelihood of its inaccuracy. In essence, the solipsistic argument is superfluous and holds virtually zero explanatory power. This method thinking is at best impertinent, and in the very least, harmless.
The reason for its ethical bale is due to the mentality one could potentially espouse regarding their fellow humans. If one were to assume that they are the architect and central core of their own universe (making one out to be a minor god), they are paying far too much by way of compliment to themselves for a species that shares 98% of its DNA with a chimpanzee - pacé, chimps. Even though they would not accept the scientific discovery that proposes our relationship with every other living being on earth, the fact remains unscathed. Feeling as though you engendered your own reality can lead one to feeling superior to others as mere pawns for pleasure in your plot. This is obscene arrogance even when it is not acknowledged by a solipsist, an even more wicked when it is.
In short, check your purpose - mammals.
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