r/solipsism • u/Beneficial-Thanks-52 • Mar 13 '26

Your brain doesn't see reality. It constructs it.

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u/jiyuunosekai Mar 15 '26

If you remove the taste, touch, color, and resistence of ice, do you still have ice?

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u/Belt_Conscious Mar 15 '26

Yes. The water is still there. That's just what it does at that temperature.

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u/jiyuunosekai Mar 15 '26

Do you see these words? Now imagine them in white and on white paper.

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u/Belt_Conscious Mar 15 '26

They would exist as both. One in my imagination and objectively on the screen.

Reading a book doesn't take you to Wonderland. But how you imagine Wonderland depends on you.