>[!abstract] >Solipsism is the philosophical idea that only one's mind is sure to exist. As an epistemological position, solipsism holds that knowledge of anything outside one's own mind is unsure; the external world and other minds cannot be known and might not exist outside the mind. ("Solipsism", 2025). >[!note] >We are trapped in this subjective sensory interface with the world that we call a body, yet we yearn for objective and universal truths beyond ourselves. We are a gregarious species, and yet we are ultimately alone as agents of our own survival. This is the most foundational dichotomies of all and strangely underrated as a philosophical problem, in my view. ## References - Solipsism. (2025, January 3). In *Wikipedia*. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Solipsism&oldid=1266260518 ## Related - [[Boltzmann brain]]