Are you a real person sat behind a computer?

[Honza]

Or are you just a figment of my own mind? Am I talking to myself or am I talking to other real people? Enquiring minds want to know.

(Just to add; I am a real person sat behind a computer and not a figment of YOUR mind).

[A human Being]

I'm an algorithm

[Miss Hepburn]

Originally Posted by A human Being

I'm an algorithm

This? .."a step-by-step procedure for solving a problem or accomplishing some end"

[A human Being]

Originally Posted by Miss Hepburn

This? .."a step-by-step procedure for solving a problem or accomplishing some end"

That's my eHarmony tagline, as it happens

[iamthat]

Ignoring the issue of what is actually real, my perspective is that we are all real people sitting at our respective computers.

However, my experience of all these people sitting at their computers is restricted to my mental interpretations of my sensory impressions, and these mental interpretations are influenced by my own mental and emotional make-up.

So I simply see words and images on a screen in my study. And these words and images can be further reduced to a collection of shapes and colours which my mind interprets as a desk, a laptop, and writing. I then add further interpretations about the meaning of this writing and the nature of those who have supposedly produced this writing. And I may react positively or negatively to the writing I see before me, but such reactions are all my own choices in response to how I interpret the shapes and colours before my eyes.

In brief, we may all be real people but my experience of everyone present is my own mental construct. So I may not agree with all that I read, but there is no point in getting worked up about anyone's opinions as it is all taking place within my own mind.

Peace

[ocean breeze]

Some of you people are strange. You guys actually sit behind the computer and not in front of it while on here?

No wonder i feel like a space alien around here. You guys can't be real.

[Miss Hepburn]

Originally Posted by ocean breeze

Some of you people are strange. You guys actually sit behind the computer and not in front of it while on here?
No wonder i feel like a space alien around here. You guys can't be real.

OMG, THAT WAS HYSTERICAL!!!!
Thank you for that!

Originally Posted by Honza

(Just to add; I am a real person sat behind a computer and not a figment of YOUR mind).

And how much of a figment are you of your own mind, or even your unconscious and you just don't know it?

Are you the samurai thinking you are a butterfly, or are you the butterfly thinking you are the samurai?

[HITESH SHAH]

Originally Posted by Honza

Or are you just a figment of my own mind? Am I talking to myself or am I talking to other real people? Enquiring minds want to know.

(Just to add; I am a real person sat behind a computer and not a figment of YOUR mind).

No - I am not always behind or in front of laptop . Many a times i am on mobile only reading/responding the thread.

Setting aside the pun , people responding are real . The reason we may feel them unreal at times is due to our own conditioning of real and unreal .

Many a times u find discussion converging on tall order whereas people's life may be far from it . But that's ok . The forums like this is source of inspiration , learning for many people over many years . It has to put forth the best. And re-actionary ,ad-hoc , unscientific , extreme thoughts should not dominate the forum . This may give a feeling of unreal but it certainly is not that.

[lemex]

Originally Posted by Honza

Or are you just a figment of my own mind? Am I talking to myself or am I talking to other real people? Enquiring minds want to know.

(Just to add; I am a real person sat behind a computer and not a figment of YOUR mind).

In the body you are aware of yourself never aware of anyone beyond I. I cannot go beyond myself. Even in dreams I became aware even with many participants there, I cannot feel any other identity beyond the character who is the dreamer, me being singular. Everyone else is blank and I do not experience them. Even virtually one cannot create, (virtually) I have tried. I am unable to experience from someone else, even about them. There are many additional things to consider to include what I do falls into a figment of mind. I must say I am not satisfied with some of the figment hoping it is not me making others (up) do. I must say the object (me) doing the experience really feels totally immersive, complete, isolated, unique, and real. Still, if no one exists you would also have to say experience are figments, actions are figments, and only virtual creations. Oh, the things we create then.