If I close my eyes.. does the world still exist?

[Anonymous]

A little philosophical puzzle for you..

[AndrésC64]

Even with your eyes open, are you certain that the world exists? Maybe everything you are thinking in your head is only in your head. Maybe you're inside a simulation or your a brain in a vat. There's no way to be certain.

Cogito, ergo sum.
-- René Descartes

[NamerOfStars]

Yes. Objective reality is not contingent upon observation. Schrodinger's entire point with the cat example is that, since dualistic states of being simultaneously alive and dead don't exist, the Cophenhagen interpretation was WRONG.

[FireGodGoesSeeknFire]

No.

Hoffman is good starter on this.

The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes

[Red_Arrow]

Open your eyes. If you can see the world, it still exists. If you are blind, who knows, and why are you reading GAG if you are blind?

[jshm2]

Sure it does!

It's why single moms exist. They closed their eyes, and so don't know who the father of their baby is.

[slatyb]

There's no telling. As individuals we only know what we experience, and we build a model from that information. It's all in our head.

[call_me_scar]

Yes as everything around you is still happening and can still effect you it's not like closing your eyes is gonna stop a train from hitting you

[Alexandrubaschet08]

yes, because you can still touch it and smell it and hear it.

[CloudMassacre]

Isn’t that Solipsism?

[dreamstar72]

Yes when it works

[bigpink]

Yes.