I have to disagree with the whole mental masturbation thing. Sure sometimes it feels great, but other times it can be painful. Nice list of movies! Donnie Darko is a favourite of mine, and anything Charlie Kauffman is brilliant.
I'm sure you are already aware of this: The concept of thinking as mental masturbation comes from the tradition of solipsism, which says that the self is the only thing that can be known to exist, and in the most extreme examples, that the self is the only thing to exist at all. It's a philosophy thing.
I've heard of the concept that says that the self is the only thing that can be known to exist, excpet I had no idea that it's called solipsism. I've never taken philosophy, but maybe I'll make it my elective next year.
oh! As for the movies, I knew the quiz suggested them :) but they're still great movies. I went through this sick obsession with Donnie Darko. I went out and bought the DVD, watched it a million times and checked out the website (which is its own level of weird)
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Nice list of movies! Donnie Darko is a favourite of mine, and anything Charlie Kauffman is brilliant.
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I'm sure you are already aware of this: The concept of thinking as mental masturbation comes from the tradition of solipsism, which says that the self is the only thing that can be known to exist, and in the most extreme examples, that the self is the only thing to exist at all. It's a philosophy thing.
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I've heard of the concept that says that the self is the only thing that can be known to exist, excpet I had no idea that it's called solipsism. I've never taken philosophy, but maybe I'll make it my elective next year.
oh! As for the movies, I knew the quiz suggested them :) but they're still great movies.
I went through this sick obsession with Donnie Darko. I went out and bought the DVD, watched it a million times and checked out the website (which is its own level of weird)
I'm also adding you to my friends list.
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