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Question: How to prove that you are physically existing!?
But not existing as an idea or illusion?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Occam's Razor!. If I SEEM to be an independant, external, physical entity, it is simpler to assume that I am than that I am something completely different!. This is not iron-clad proof, it is just more-likely-than-not proof!. But it's better then any proof for the converse idea, so there you go!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

An idea is a unsure thought or knowledge we have about about someone or something!. it could also be a thought that comes to us when we re trying to figure something out!.


An illusion is something we see that realty doesn't exist but is a figment of our imagination!.

Based on these two things my answer to your question will be:

1!.That if we don't physically exist we wouldn't have any idea that we do because we are someone and being someone means that we do exist!.!.

2!. We are not an illusion because other people see us too!.


It's easy to prove that we exist physically but what's hard to prove is that we exist in spirit too!. That's not a question it is a fact!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

well, i don't think there's really a way!. if you believe in the theory that, potentially, the human brain is powerful enough to basically trick ourselves into creating a reality in which we react in, then there is no way!. even if you were to stab yourself which that asshole was so bright in suggesting, then the brain would just create a plausible simulation of the pain so you could experience it!. i think though, that 's you're asking the harder question!. try figuring out how to tell that you AREN'T physically existing!.!.!.cause if that were true, then there would be some sort of tell that what we do everyday is merely a projection!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

We define physical existence by the mechanistic interactions that takes place around and within us!. Just because those interactions may be the result of grander nonphysical things would not prove that we are nonphysical; it would simply be a description of how the "idea" or "illusion" works in relation to our perceptions!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

just say to yourself, " i don't exist"
think about what you just said now!.

now say "i am eternal"

by eternal i mean you don't change(atemporal), you have no beginning and no end!.

but if you're not eternal, then you are contingent, if you are contingent you are acted uponWww@QuestionHome@Com

If someone were imagining you, wouldn't they imagine you much better looking!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

I stink!. Therefore I am!Www@QuestionHome@Com

your nerves transmit the senses to your brain!. try stabbing yourself and see if it hurtsWww@QuestionHome@Com

you have emotions,thoughts!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

look in the mirrorWww@QuestionHome@Com

OWWW!!!! it does hurt, guess i exist :>Www@QuestionHome@Com