I've never heard a good answer to this, ad echo your question.
Descartes thought along these same lines, and concluded "Cogito
ergo sum", but concluded nothing more than that. I read a book
entitled "Labyrinths of Reason" some time ago, which also dis-
played the above question, but offered no answer, which I assume
indicates that there is no way of knowing that our brains are not
just sitting in vats with lots of electrodes plugged into 'em.
In a Brodie-like way of thinking, though: what difference does
it make?
- JPSchneider
- jschneid@hanoverdirect.com