Where do you stand on solipsism? I see it as foundational to virtually everything else (in a first principles kind of way), and yet it is almost universally brushed aside as irrelevant, which I find oddly frustrating.

Where do you stand on solipsism? I see it as foundational to virtually everything else (in a first principles kind of way), and yet it is almost universally brushed aside as irrelevant, which I find oddly frustrating.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism

Solipsism unnecessarily complicates reality by asserting that external experiences are merely internal thoughts, adhering to the same rules as realism but with added, unwarranted assumptions. Essentially, it's a convoluted version of realism, adding complexity without offering a more accurate understanding of the world

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This take is based on the refutation against solipsism described by David Deutsch in “The Fabric of Reality”. It’s worth reading.