Solipsism

All knowledge is collected by our senses. I’ll concede this point for now. There are a myriad of optical illusions out there. I’ll concede that there are rare optical illusions that upon further investigation lead to rational, reality bound explanations. For all we know, reality could be all a simulation. I’ll agree that it’s possible that this is a simulation. Your definition of solipsism requires that there be only one mind as seen in our previous round on as this is a generous continuation of our first debate: “Definition: Solipsism: the philosophical idea that only one's own mind is sure to exist. As an epistemological position, solipsism holds that knowledge of anything outside one's own mind is unsure; the external world and other minds cannot be known and might not exist outside of the mind.” We are not 100% certain reality exists outside of our mind. Pro’s definitions of Solipsism in no way requires that we are 100% certain that reality exists and I have not made that claim. Since Pro is making the claim that we can be more certain that our minds exist than that other minds exist. Since new thought and ideas are constantly objected to My opponent should provide a way we know with surety that other things exist besides one's own mind. This is a shifting of the burden of proof. In other words Pro is requiring that I prove a separate claim that I am 100% certain that the world and reality exists and this is not true. I only have to challenge his claim that it’s likely that a single mind exists as opposed to alternatives. The Hard solipsistic position is not reasonable as it requires complex knowledge bordering omniscience. I would have to written every piece of music every piece of art and every movie script. I like to write but music is a mystery to me. Engineering concepts are absolutely horrendous to grasp but I was able to learn many of them because of help from other minds and text books I did not initially understand and I have since forgotten a lot of what I did learn. A solipsistic collection of minds is a lot more likely since there are other minds to explain everything from Shakespeare and Eminem to Quantum Physics and Differential equations. It’s more likely that an external universe exists and I am living in some kind of virtual reality than simply a disembodied mind which would require some kind of creator since there is no big bang theory for complexity out of nothing and this leads us to the various flaws in god arguments. Where are these complex ideas and thoughts stored if not in my mind? If I am the author of all scientific theories and music where is this information stored before I exercise painstaking effort to learn them? Who is tutoring and teaching me complex information that I did not previously know. A multiple mind form of solipsism is much more likely. Other minds exist to transfer share and learn new information. The consistency of separate conclusions of multiple minds leads it to be more likely that some form of external reality exists. Multiple minds ran experiments to confirm various scientific theories are consistent and reliable for each mind as we each independently access this space. Every time multiple experiments and simplistic 100% certainty as a red herring and compared with the concept of truth. I would say that nothing can be known with certainty including that our own mind exists as it appears. How we identify basic everyday truths. We use confirmation from multiple observers which is a basic form of scientific discovery [1]. How we use the scientific in everyday life and it works. Every time we use devices which we have no personal understanding of with multiple confirmation from other minds, that often disagree, we confirm the existence of many minds. Everytime we use cell phones and airplanes without understanding the specifics as to how these devices are designed and continue to work repeatedly we verify confirmation of multiple minds as a consensus develops that multiple minds exist and confirm an objective reality. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org...