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Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead
Cars_WillKill You
You're not very careful in choosing your words.
You "believe you exist" but know that "when you die you'll no longer exist"?
You know you exist but believe when you die you'll no longer exist.
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I know what i said. And I stand by it. I exist because i perceive. when i cease to perceive i cease to exist. Perception is an individual experience though. To your perception, I exist only on the internet, and you assume that a physical being is behind the words used. Before I joined this forum, i didnt exist in your perception of life, in what is "real."
You can call it semantics, but semantics are usually much more important than people realize. Certain words have popular and universal connotations that most people can relate to. And when you have a supposed synonym of that word, most assume it means the same. But the reason synonyms exist is because there is a difference significant enought to make a new word.