Idealism and physicalism are both fictions. Thinking does not prove a thought. The universe is eternally a fiction.
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>>16533552If man wanted to, he could eliminate every octopus from the ocean. The octopus only exists because of the grace of a higher power.
>>16533552>Thinking does not prove a thoughtA tought exist, you can name it, therefore it exists since your mind is part of existence, reality, universe. The only barrir between the being and not being is that the not being can't be named since it does not exist, not even as a fiction or a possibility for matter.
>>16533581None of this can be proved. Thinking it does not prove it.
>>16533552Therefore, studying fiction reveals patterns that can be used to predict our future mental states.
>>16533591It exist but in mind, as a fiction. Not in concrete physical reaity, where things are proved via scientific method and empiric vias, such as planets, rocks, stars and principles such as gravity. The fiction has another type of existence when compared to concrete things.