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Is it all One Person?

 
 
why
 
Reply Mon 28 Jun, 2004 05:16 pm
My friend was saying he logs into this site with more than one name. That got me to thinking:

Here's a philosophy question for those of you who tend more toward the philosophy/logic end of the spectrum:
How can we know if all the posts on here are not actually made by only maybe 4 or 5 people? Or even 2 or 3... Can you prove that there are more than 2 o r3 people posting on here? 2 or 3 people debating various angles of everything...even arguing with themself...
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agrote
 
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Reply Mon 28 Jun, 2004 05:22 pm
I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.
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blueveinedthrobber
 
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Reply Mon 28 Jun, 2004 05:33 pm
you're on to us...when I'm talking from my mouth I'm bi-polar bear...when I'm talking from my ass I'm McGentrix...I knew someone would catch on eventually....
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thethinkfactory
 
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Reply Mon 28 Jun, 2004 05:35 pm
I am not sure you coulf logic into a proof for this. I do not think you could figure out if it was just 4 or 5 a priori... I think this is firmly a a posteriori thing.

You would just have to IP track everyone.

TF
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Phoenix32890
 
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Reply Mon 28 Jun, 2004 07:17 pm
Nah.....One of me is quite enough for this forum! Laughing
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the reincarnation of suzy
 
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Reply Mon 28 Jun, 2004 07:44 pm
BP, hahaha! Smile
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Locke15
 
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Reply Tue 29 Jun, 2004 07:18 am
We can't be certain, unless, as mentioned earlier we track people through their ips.
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nn
 
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Reply Thu 1 Jul, 2004 01:20 pm
seriously who cares, i'm looking for brain stimulation i don't care about if one persons arguing with themselves, look up the word philosophy, i doubt it includes frivulous questions like these.
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agrote
 
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Reply Thu 1 Jul, 2004 02:43 pm
Come on then nn, let's see your thread. What questions have you got?
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gordy
 
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Reply Thu 1 Jul, 2004 02:51 pm
I've enough problems arguing with the voices in my head,never mind arguing with myself on here
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JLNobody
 
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Reply Thu 1 Jul, 2004 03:28 pm
As some A2Kers might predict, I do not consider this a frivolous issue, at least not in its philosophical implications. On a very fundamental level we are ONE. In a sense we are a plurality of individuals talking across a gap of space to each other, not even knowing if our messages are completely understood. In another sense, at the level of Reality, this pluralism is really an expression of our unity. The mere fact that we are inter-acting reflects our unity. If we were metaphysically distinct, say like the separatness of the separate universes in M or String Theory, we would not be able to do what we are doing now. But the space that "separates" us really "joins" us, and our differences of appearance and experience right now, are REALLY reflections of our "sameness." I know this is nonsense to most of us here, but so what?
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JLNobody
 
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Reply Thu 1 Jul, 2004 03:32 pm
As some A2Kers might predict, I do not consider this a frivolous issue, at least not in its philosophical implications. On a very fundamental level we are ONE. In a sense we are a plurality of individuals talking across a gap of space to each other, not even knowing if our messages are completely understood. In another sense, at the level of Reality, this pluralism is really an expression of our unity. The mere fact that we are inter-acting reflects our unity. If we were metaphysically distinct, say like the separatness of the separate universes in M or String Theory, we would not be able to do what we are doing now. But the space that "separates" us really "joins" us, and our differences of appearance and experience right now, are REALLY reflections of our "sameness." I know this is nonsense to most of us here, but so what?
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