We cannot prove that something does not exist or at least we can push certain things into the 'concept' or 'fiction' domain. Anything outside of those must exist.
To you, a person on the other side of the lmao pipes - I may be a concept or some AI. You can test me. With well chosen tests, you can conclude that I am either a man-made construct or an actual being like yourself. For this to work however, you have to believe that YOU exist.
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I can't prove I exist.
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[quote]you have to believe that YOU exist.[/quote] Don't need proof to believe something. Do you believe that you exist from your experiences?
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I can not prove I exist.
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Edited by FatherlyNick: 1/9/2015 1:01:18 AMWhat DOES exist then? We have to have some sort of a priory knowledge to which we can relate. If you say that you believe that you exist, we just have to try to satisfy the criteria that helped you establish that you exist. For example, there are the 7 signs of life. If one expresses those, we draw that one is alive.
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We don't know. Nothing can really be proven to be "real".