I couldn’t find anything on solipsism on that page and I read quite far and did a search in the article.
How do we know that solipsism is a common belief among the elite? The belief that the world outside of one’s own mind cannot be known, that it can’t be known whether it’s real or actually rather a product of one’s own mind? To me this seems like a very specific philosophical view that people might consider sometimes, but not really hold themselves to. You’d think people would stop caring what happens to them if they believed this to be the case. But you’re claiming with such confidence that this is a matter of fact in elite circles. How are you so sure?
I couldn’t find anything on solipsism on that page and I read quite far and did a search in the article.
How do we know that solipsism is a common belief among the elite? The belief that the world outside of one’s own mind cannot be known, that it can’t be known whether it’s real or actually rather a product of one’s own mind? To me this seems like a very specific philosophical view that people might consider sometimes, but not really hold themselves to. You’d think people would stop caring what happens to them if they believed this to be the case. But you’re claiming with such confidence that this is a matter of fact in elite circles. How are you so sure?