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Just noted it on the fly; unsure if anyone else has suggested it. It does seem prevalent, and may be the underside to the personalization of religious belief that Peter Berger famously speaks of, but is first noted in Weber.

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Each of those blown minds is certain that the other two don't exist.

But really, nice work exploring solipsism via a variety of media forms. That animation was dark! I don't know that I got that it represented all of history, but I watched it with 2/3 of my brain already blown, so I wasn't playing with a full deck, so to speak.

The below clip will give you a reference of where my intelligence is, philosophically speaking.

https://youtu.be/hRa-1vuNS1M?si=s5D-oe15NUYJpm85

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Great clip - I can't remember the last time I saw that! I love the comment that everyone in here is now just a little bit dumber ... May God have mercy on your soul indeed!

Glad you liked the issue - I wasn't sure where I was going to go with it once I decided on solipsism, but it seems to have worked.

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On second thought I'm not sure Nietzsche ever actually saw that novel and the connection was made by a much later editor. I'm obviously writing way too much alternative time-line fiction of late.

Speaking of which, though, readers look out in 2024 for my YA urban fantasy trilogy 'Queen of Hearts' wherein both Camelot and Calvary are significantly rewritten.

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Now that sounds like quite an intriguing re-write!

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I think it worth noting that Husserl, in 'Cartesian Meditations', is the one who has explored this problem most deeply and he did not imagine solipsism was a worthy outcome in any way, unlike lesser lights. "Notes" was Nietzsche's favorite novel, and he referred to himself as an 'underground man' more than once. I wonder if you would be willing to take on the problem of 'social solipsism', which sounds at first like a contradiction, but is I feel what ails many in today's world. This position recognizes an external world but states that only its mind can resolve the world's antagonistic presence to itself. I think this altered position is a real force, and might be likened to what Aristotle said of the purely private person, or 'idiot'.

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'Social solipsism' sounds intriguing - would certainly go some way to explain a lot in today's world. Certainly fits in well with the overwhelming sense of narcissism that appears to plague civilisation.

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