'I think therefore I am' ????
Ever wondered, what would our life be like, if it is a matrix. A matrix of procedures, a recurring matrix of process, in an infinite loop. The process goes on and on, without any ending condition.
The very thought of such a possibility, makes me feel so small, I feel my entire life has been nothing but a figment of someone's imagination. This someone is a programmer, a programmer of not only this matrix, but a programmer of my emotions, my self respect, my morals, my ideas, my love, my hatred and everything surrounding it.
Many times, we have a feeling of deja-vu or it is just a module being called again. Probably, a try-catch-throw loop, to make sure program is free from any abnormal termination errors.
'I think therefore I am'; I am a strong believer of 'karma', but this musing-of-mine makes me question, if I really think and therefore I am. I feel like a small nugget which is trying to move away from the grinding machine. But this program seems to be so strong, It has created a society around me, which acts like a firewall from the outside world. I am so trapped, this society-module, is so strong, they unite against any deviation-from-programmed behaviour.
Everything seems to be so-well-programmed, but there got be some loophole, which I think is now becoming clearly visible.
Will get back with more on this, till this program terminates me.
posted by Mudit @ 9:58 AM
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ashish said...
Can't believe it ... finally mudit gupta posts something, and no response yet .. I guess he and Rene' Descartes both deserves a bit more ..
PS. (dont even hope of something from this side !!)
3:06 AM
:-), i agree with you completely.
Reality doesn't think, I think. Hence, it does not exist.
forgive the gibbering ... mudit's last words and his smiling face has made me a bit uneasy ... atleast let me make an effort
Scientific Correctness Survey in mini-AIR 1997-06 asked ,for once and bureaucratically for all, the question, "Does reality Exist?"
There were 139 comprehensible responses. Of these, 42% believe reality exists, while 31% believe it does not.
From those who believe reality exists we learn that it is "over priced", "over rated" and "a military secret." From those who believe reality does not exist we learn that it "used to" and is "all done with mirrors" (this last one from Ira Green, who may be willing to show how it is done).
One person admits to being undecided, two voted both ways, four people feel their reality exists but ours does not, and seven are agonizing over the definitions of various words.
Frank Stephan says reality has existed since 1984. Stephan's conclusion is based on the following quote, which he found in a public rest room: "Reality is the Illusion which is caused by the absence of alcohol."
Dennis McClain-Furmanski believes reality can be tested by locking a physicist and a cat in a box with two slits in it. He has a articular physicist in mind but needs help getting said physicist into the box.
Catherine Armour asks if we consulted God. We are ashamed to admit that we did not. However, we did hear from a descendent of Rene Descartes, who said, "I think so."
A contrasting view came from
Fredrik Mansfeld, who wrote - Behold this absolutely true statement: "Cogito, ergo sum."
And reality doesn't think, I think. Hence, it does not exist.
Jim Livingston feels that "Reality exists when it is really
necessary." Bob Wakulich knows the answer but refuses to tell us.
Nigel Wilson "found [reality] whilst sorting through some
rubbish". Rosemary Webb told us "Yes, but you can't get to it".
Carson Bays expressed a view held by many readers: "Yes, except in
New Jersey." Karem Lingel holds a variant of that view,
specifically that: "Reality exists in Ithaca, NY for about 30
minutes, 12 hours after a thunderstorm"
A few people apparently answered alternate questions. This
included one gentleman who stated "No. I was married to her ... and I killed her", and two "college students" who had the phrase "hardbodies" in their domain name.
Karl Evan Hallowell justifies a NO answer thusly: "If reality
exists, then we mathematicians would have proven it by now." Joe
Kelley reached the same conclusion, but by a different rout: "If reality existed there would be a user manual."
PS. We have been told that Oscar Wilde constructed the following
epigram:
One should always be a little improbable.
I. Think. Therefore I, am....
there is no greater pleasure than knowing that someone out there is actually ready to take all the blame for bad programming that causes all the sins that i commit.
the flop side pple quoted was that of his finding it out and then deleting my file, well, my reply was straightforward, how many old files have you actually deleted.. ??
neway, if you dont like it, consider what guarentee do you have of living neway :d
the concept of this whole matrix is so much better. no ?
neway, ashish, your writing was impressive. who was the inspiration behind it ? It will be nice to read more of that persons works . :d
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