This is a fun topic. It really makes you wonder. Personally, I am conscious therefor I exist, is how I perceive the whole thing. All that I know in this world is that I am conscious. Now as to whether everything else is simply a perception... If that is true though, I would think that I would have some kind of control over this alleged reality. Things would be more interesting and more peaceful. Unless it was programmed FOR me. Maybe this is just a program and in order for me to "win" the game I have to fix the world?? Nah... It seems like the deeper I think about it, the deeper it gets and the more factors are involved. Hell, I can't prove that I'm conscious. I can't prove that I'm anything more than a computer program, except to myself.
There was an interesting invention a few years ago called the "Brain-O-matic". It was designed exactly like a brain, except with silicon instead of flesh. It used the same signals and was routed the exact same way. "It" was able to think on its own and even had an argument with the scientist that created it that he could not prove that it wasn't real and wasn't conscious. Maybe it was? The scientists got pwned in the argument by the brain btw.
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