How do You Define Your Existence?

[sculptor]

or
"I think, therefor I am"

 

[river]

A Human Life form that thinks .

 

[river]

I Define my existence and experience as Human . Our existence and experience . Unique to Humans .

 

[wegs]

Even if we were 'caught in a matrix,' wouldn't we still exist? Not necessarily as human beings, but a different kind or level of existence?

 

[DaveC426913]

Even if we were 'caught in a matrix,' wouldn't we still exist? Not necessarily as human beings, but a different kind or level of existence?

Even if we were in a matrix, we would still be human beings. Human beings are, by definition, us - whatever that might be.

 

[wegs]

Even if we were in a matrix, we would still be human beings. Human beings are, by definition, us - whatever that might be.

That's where my mind tends to go with this too, but in the thread's poll, the option ''caught in a matrix'' seems like an alternative to how we have come to be, which suggests that we wouldn't really ''exist'' as we are now, if we were in a matrix. We'd still exist - but I'm not sure we'd have the same physical bodies, or consciousness which is part of the human experience?

 

[Pinball1970]

My existence is work, family, friends, science, music and health with some Biblical scholarship thrown in.

 

[foghorn]

My consciousness creates my environment, and that leads to my reactions with it.
My memories and experiences, both old and new, dictate my reactions and thoughts.

Is that a sort of feedback loop?

Would that make me a conscious feedback loop, enabling a growing experience of my environment?

 

[ThazzarBaal]

I became aware of my existence. Although, I don't recall that exact moment, nor the level of shame I felt after realizing my weenie was showing.

 

[Wizard of Whatever]

I became aware of my existence. Although, I don't recall that exact moment.

Me, too. March 10, 10pm, on a beach north of Ensenada , Baja CA, Mexico.