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CarniveaN posted 06-02-99 02:33 AM ET
well... prove that you are you, not a brain in a jar somewhere.
Roland posted 06-02-99 03:54 AM ET
Yeah, and if you can prove that you exist, justify your existance!
MikeH II posted 06-02-99 04:18 AM ET
I post therefore I am?
Saras posted 06-02-99 04:45 AM ET
Post-it-oh ergo sum?
Roland posted 06-02-99 05:40 AM ET
Ex-post-facto ?
Stasis Archon posted 06-02-99 06:46 AM ET
We have nothing to say unless you prove [b]you] exist.
Stasis Archon posted 06-02-99 06:46 AM ET
We have nothing to say unless you prove you exist.
MikeH II posted 06-02-99 07:44 AM ET
Stasis Archon's right, we'd look pretty silly talking to someone who didn't really exist.
Roland posted 06-02-99 08:22 AM ET
We'd also look pretty silly agreeing to someone who didn't really exist. Not to mention making comments about posts from someone who didn't really exist about looking silly if we'd.... you [if you exist] know...
OhWell posted 06-02-99 08:29 AM ET
Take a look around.
Do you see me?
No.
Therefore, I am not there.
Everyone has to be somewhere.
If I am not there, I must be somewhere else.
If I am somewhere else, I exist.
BTW You are all just figments of my imagination anyway.
MikeH II posted 06-02-99 09:17 AM ET
That's right, if you can't see us we can't see you. Now close your eyes.....
Fjorxc the Maniac posted 06-02-99 10:04 AM ET
I exist...
At least, I think I exist. How do I know all of you aren't just brains in jars trying to mislead the rest of us?
I think Carnivean's the best candidate for brain-in-a-jar-hood.

Fjorxc the Maniac
Unwashed Village Idiot,
Wanderer,
CWALer,
8th Canadian Faction of Humanity.
Jay posted 06-02-99 10:30 AM ET
I do not exist.
And Talruum is the brain-in-a-jar.
Picker posted 06-02-99 10:36 AM ET
I do exist, but as a head(not a brain) in a jar. I have telepathic powers(which is how I am typing)
Frodo83 posted 06-02-99 10:36 AM ET
I decided tto stop existing after that dilemma in '54. Oh, those were the days...
Alphaman posted 06-02-99 10:47 AM ET
Whats so bad about being a brain in a jar.
No having to eat
No having to sleep
No having to pee
No having to do anything
Thats the life
Just cruisin on the net.
BTW - I am not a person but a randomly generated computer personality to make it appear as though there are more people on this forum than there actually is. I am the self preservation mechanism of the forum.
Where would you like to go today?
jsorense posted 06-02-99 10:49 AM ET
If a poster posts alone in the woods and no one reads his/her post, does:
a) it exist?
b) add to your post count?
c) does the poster exist?
Hugo Rune posted 06-02-99 03:02 PM ET
How many posters would fit on the head of a pin?
Spoe posted 06-02-99 03:05 PM ET
How many pinhead posters are there?
Hugo Rune posted 06-02-99 03:10 PM ET
How many heads are pinned by a post?
CrayonX posted 06-02-99 03:30 PM ET
How many pins would fit on the head of a poster?
Picker posted 06-02-99 03:33 PM ET
12, unless you are australian in which case it's the pi of 12
walruskkkch posted 06-02-99 04:00 PM ET
If the brain in a jar has existence, don't you?
Spoe posted 06-02-99 04:08 PM ET
You got us! The Forums are just a huge impromptu Turing test and you're the proctor, CarniveaN!
High Priest posted 06-02-99 04:28 PM ET
I think someone's been watching Matrix a bit too much
High Priest
master of all that doesn't exist
Spoe posted 06-02-99 04:31 PM ET
If you refer to me, I've not see it(The Matrix).
Klug posted 06-02-99 07:45 PM ET
Prove WHO exists?
*Klug looks around puzzled*
there are other people here?
Wow, I thought you guys were all computer simulations.
You mean this ISN'T the latest version of Paper & Paychecks?
Ooops...
Spider posted 06-02-99 08:00 PM ET
I might exist...or I might not. Who's to say?
Spider
It's my brain, but it's someone else's jar (Jar Jar? Probably not.).
Victor Galis posted 06-02-99 08:06 PM ET
For my proof I will cite Dilbert:
"I think therfore I am... I am micromanaged, therefore I am not."
I am not micromanged therefore I am.
This thread has all the aspects of Random and Non-Random.
Kefaed posted 06-02-99 08:39 PM ET
police man - are you human?
'Ed - No, I am a meat popsicle
JT 3 posted 06-02-99 08:55 PM ET
I sink, therefore I must take swimming lessons.
I wink, therefore I flirt with girls.
I am, therefore I am.
High Priest posted 06-02-99 09:07 PM ET
Uhhhh guess what I meant was everybody
High Priest
Master of all that doesn't exist
Alphaman posted 06-02-99 11:18 PM ET
Why is posting nothing like an orgasm?
SnowFire posted 06-03-99 12:17 AM ET
Anything that causes full employment is good for society.
War causes full employment.
Therefore?
CarniveaN posted 06-03-99 01:27 AM ET
LOL!... what have I started?
oh and to prove that I am NOT a brain in a jar, I will perform this miraculous trick... drumroll please... did you see it? wasn't it great? don't you think there is no better way to prove my humanity? I sure think so...
JT3 - do you take swimming lessons before or after drowning?
High Priest - sorry haven't seen Matrix... seems like a good movie, but then I found out Reeves opens his mouth and says something.
A-Man - hmm good question, I know I'm getting off right now, typing this, maybe you're hittyng the wrong keys
SnowFire - huh, where are you coming from? I hope you don't start saying how great Hitler was for providing employment for all of the Allies
Carny
PS - Darn, Carny looks up, it seems one of the mice, Spoe, has developed a higher level of inteligence then I would have ever predicted, terminate all subjects...
Stasis Archon posted 06-03-99 05:15 AM ET
I'm pink, therefore i'm spam.
I'm spam, therefore i am.
Spam spam spam spam...
Spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam!
SnowFire posted 06-03-99 01:52 PM ET
Carny: I'm a lover not a fighter, don't worry. Just an interesting little syllogism.
Spam is spiced ham.
Spice is expensive.
Therefore spam is expensive.
Stasis Archon posted 06-03-99 01:56 PM ET
Nothing doesn't exist.
Nothing can't bee seen.
I can't see SnowFire
SnowFire doesn't exist.
As for my above statement, I meant something like Spamus Ergo Sum(?)
Frodo83 posted 06-03-99 02:16 PM ET
Cogito Eggo Sum- I think, therefore I am a waffle.
Please don't hurt me.
Hugo Rune posted 06-04-99 04:18 AM ET
I think, therefore I think I am...
Zekkei posted 06-04-99 06:45 AM ET
How about.. you are therefor I am.
Spider posted 06-04-99 12:58 PM ET
I think I think, therefore I think I am, I think....
If you post, do you not exist? And if others reply, do they not also prove their existence? And if this is project PYRRHO, do we exist any less for it?
Spider
I don't think I'm a brain in a vat, but who knows?
Ser_Olmy posted 06-04-99 02:10 PM ET
How do I prove I exist?????
bene4 posted 06-04-99 02:27 PM ET
There is some quote after some tech to the effect of:
"I wonder if we are really real. For all intents and purposes, I could just be a brain in a jar"
- Specimen 14J, rack 27, room 8B, Marked for termination.
next: Prove to me that I am really real, that I and you are not figments of his imagination. In effect, the whole universe could be the product of one imagination.
Spider posted 06-04-99 02:30 PM ET
No, no, no! Vat 27! And it's "Termination of specimen advised". That's what I referred to with my comment on "project PYRRHO".
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Author	Topic: Prove that you really exist!
CarniveaN	posted 06-02-99 02:33 AM ET well... prove that you are you, not a brain in a jar somewhere.
Roland	posted 06-02-99 03:54 AM ET Yeah, and if you can prove that you exist, justify your existance!
MikeH II	posted 06-02-99 04:18 AM ET I post therefore I am?
Saras	posted 06-02-99 04:45 AM ET Post-it-oh ergo sum?
Roland	posted 06-02-99 05:40 AM ET Ex-post-facto ?
Stasis Archon	posted 06-02-99 06:46 AM ET We have nothing to say unless you prove [b]you] exist.
Stasis Archon	posted 06-02-99 06:46 AM ET We have nothing to say unless you prove you exist.
MikeH II	posted 06-02-99 07:44 AM ET Stasis Archon's right, we'd look pretty silly talking to someone who didn't really exist.
Roland	posted 06-02-99 08:22 AM ET We'd also look pretty silly agreeing to someone who didn't really exist. Not to mention making comments about posts from someone who didn't really exist about looking silly if we'd.... you [if you exist] know...
OhWell	posted 06-02-99 08:29 AM ET Take a look around. Do you see me? No. Therefore, I am not there. Everyone has to be somewhere. If I am not there, I must be somewhere else. If I am somewhere else, I exist. BTW You are all just figments of my imagination anyway.
MikeH II	posted 06-02-99 09:17 AM ET That's right, if you can't see us we can't see you. Now close your eyes.....
Fjorxc the Maniac	posted 06-02-99 10:04 AM ET I exist... At least, I think I exist. How do I know all of you aren't just brains in jars trying to mislead the rest of us? I think Carnivean's the best candidate for brain-in-a-jar-hood. Fjorxc the Maniac Unwashed Village Idiot, Wanderer, CWALer, 8th Canadian Faction of Humanity.
Jay	posted 06-02-99 10:30 AM ET I do not exist. And Talruum is the brain-in-a-jar.
Picker	posted 06-02-99 10:36 AM ET I do exist, but as a head(not a brain) in a jar. I have telepathic powers(which is how I am typing)
Frodo83	posted 06-02-99 10:36 AM ET I decided tto stop existing after that dilemma in '54. Oh, those were the days...
Alphaman	posted 06-02-99 10:47 AM ET Whats so bad about being a brain in a jar. No having to eat No having to sleep No having to pee No having to do anything Thats the life Just cruisin on the net. BTW - I am not a person but a randomly generated computer personality to make it appear as though there are more people on this forum than there actually is. I am the self preservation mechanism of the forum. Where would you like to go today?
jsorense	posted 06-02-99 10:49 AM ET If a poster posts alone in the woods and no one reads his/her post, does: a) it exist? b) add to your post count? c) does the poster exist?
Hugo Rune	posted 06-02-99 03:02 PM ET How many posters would fit on the head of a pin?
Spoe	posted 06-02-99 03:05 PM ET How many pinhead posters are there?
Hugo Rune	posted 06-02-99 03:10 PM ET How many heads are pinned by a post?
CrayonX	posted 06-02-99 03:30 PM ET How many pins would fit on the head of a poster?
Picker	posted 06-02-99 03:33 PM ET 12, unless you are australian in which case it's the pi of 12
walruskkkch	posted 06-02-99 04:00 PM ET If the brain in a jar has existence, don't you?
Spoe	posted 06-02-99 04:08 PM ET You got us! The Forums are just a huge impromptu Turing test and you're the proctor, CarniveaN!
High Priest	posted 06-02-99 04:28 PM ET I think someone's been watching Matrix a bit too much High Priest master of all that doesn't exist
Spoe	posted 06-02-99 04:31 PM ET If you refer to me, I've not see it(The Matrix).
Klug	posted 06-02-99 07:45 PM ET Prove WHO exists? Klug looks around puzzled there are other people here? Wow, I thought you guys were all computer simulations. You mean this ISN'T the latest version of Paper & Paychecks? Ooops...
Spider	posted 06-02-99 08:00 PM ET I might exist...or I might not. Who's to say? Spider It's my brain, but it's someone else's jar (Jar Jar? Probably not.).
Victor Galis	posted 06-02-99 08:06 PM ET For my proof I will cite Dilbert: "I think therfore I am... I am micromanaged, therefore I am not." I am not micromanged therefore I am. This thread has all the aspects of Random and Non-Random.
Kefaed	posted 06-02-99 08:39 PM ET police man - are you human? 'Ed - No, I am a meat popsicle
JT 3	posted 06-02-99 08:55 PM ET I sink, therefore I must take swimming lessons. I wink, therefore I flirt with girls. I am, therefore I am.
High Priest	posted 06-02-99 09:07 PM ET Uhhhh guess what I meant was everybody High Priest Master of all that doesn't exist
Alphaman	posted 06-02-99 11:18 PM ET Why is posting nothing like an orgasm?
SnowFire	posted 06-03-99 12:17 AM ET Anything that causes full employment is good for society. War causes full employment. Therefore?
CarniveaN	posted 06-03-99 01:27 AM ET LOL!... what have I started? oh and to prove that I am NOT a brain in a jar, I will perform this miraculous trick... drumroll please... did you see it? wasn't it great? don't you think there is no better way to prove my humanity? I sure think so... JT3 - do you take swimming lessons before or after drowning? High Priest - sorry haven't seen Matrix... seems like a good movie, but then I found out Reeves opens his mouth and says something. A-Man - hmm good question, I know I'm getting off right now, typing this, maybe you're hittyng the wrong keys SnowFire - huh, where are you coming from? I hope you don't start saying how great Hitler was for providing employment for all of the Allies Carny PS - Darn, Carny looks up, it seems one of the mice, Spoe, has developed a higher level of inteligence then I would have ever predicted, terminate all subjects...
Stasis Archon	posted 06-03-99 05:15 AM ET I'm pink, therefore i'm spam. I'm spam, therefore i am. Spam spam spam spam... Spam! Lovely spam! Lovely spam!
SnowFire	posted 06-03-99 01:52 PM ET Carny: I'm a lover not a fighter, don't worry. Just an interesting little syllogism. Spam is spiced ham. Spice is expensive. Therefore spam is expensive.
Stasis Archon	posted 06-03-99 01:56 PM ET Nothing doesn't exist. Nothing can't bee seen. I can't see SnowFire SnowFire doesn't exist. As for my above statement, I meant something like Spamus Ergo Sum(?)
Frodo83	posted 06-03-99 02:16 PM ET Cogito Eggo Sum- I think, therefore I am a waffle. Please don't hurt me.
Hugo Rune	posted 06-04-99 04:18 AM ET I think, therefore I think I am...
Zekkei	posted 06-04-99 06:45 AM ET How about.. you are therefor I am.
Spider	posted 06-04-99 12:58 PM ET I think I think, therefore I think I am, I think.... If you post, do you not exist? And if others reply, do they not also prove their existence? And if this is project PYRRHO, do we exist any less for it? Spider I don't think I'm a brain in a vat, but who knows?
Ser_Olmy	posted 06-04-99 02:10 PM ET How do I prove I exist?????
bene4	posted 06-04-99 02:27 PM ET There is some quote after some tech to the effect of: "I wonder if we are really real. For all intents and purposes, I could just be a brain in a jar" - Specimen 14J, rack 27, room 8B, Marked for termination. next: Prove to me that I am really real, that I and you are not figments of his imagination. In effect, the whole universe could be the product of one imagination.
Spider	posted 06-04-99 02:30 PM ET No, no, no! Vat 27! And it's "Termination of specimen advised". That's what I referred to with my comment on "project PYRRHO".