Prove that you exist, and that the universe is changing by using least possible amount of observational evidence.
Let's see what we come up with.
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>>8627251
Define exist and changing
>>8627255
>Exist
VERB
[NO OBJECT]
1Have objective reality or being:
‘dossiers existed on almost everyone of prominence’
‘there existed no organization to cope with espionage’
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1.1 Occur or be found, especially in a particular place or situation:
‘two conflicting stereotypes of housework exist in popular thinking’
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2Live, especially under adverse conditions:
‘a minority of people exist on unemployment benefit alone’
‘how am I going to exist without you?’
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>Changing
VERB
1Make or become different:
[with object] ‘a proposal to change the law’
[no object] ‘a Virginia creeper just beginning to change from green to gold’
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1.1[no object, with complement] Alter in terms of:
‘the ferns began to change shape’
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1.2[no object] (of traffic lights) move from one colour of signal to another:
‘they stopped at the corner, waiting for the lights to change’
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1.3[no object] (of the moon) arrive at a fresh phase; become new:
‘he is going to be worse for the next two or three days because the moon has changed’
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2[with object] Take or use another instead of:
‘she decided to change her name’
>>8627251
"I think, therefore I am."
-Mr. Spork, Starwars
>>8627269
Okay so let's assume you exist. What if 'thinking' is a property of a static system? What if existing is a static system?
>>8627282
My thoughts appear to change and there is no discernible repeating pattern to that change.
>>8627255
My definitions:
>to exist
Something that I do
>to change
Something that the universe does
Now by definition, I exist and the universe changes. QED where's my Fields Nobel OP
>>8627282
This thread is clearly changing over time. We even have timestamps and everything.
I post, therefore I am.