solipsist

• “Long’s the kind of self-entitled solipsist who really needs to be bruised up in a dive bar brawl to learn the meaning of humility.”

  The Siren Festival : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits

• “Which may just be a sign that I am a writer and therefore a solipsist.”

  2009 April « Sour Keys

• “She's a bit of a solipsist – she just can't imagine life without herself in it.”

  The Guardian: Arundhati Roy: India's bold and brilliant daughter

• “I would be quite the solipsist if I said no, wouldn't I?”

  Slow Death by Meme

• “• Teenage solipsist Piers Morgan uses an interview with Time Out to talk about his favourite subject.”

  The Guardian: Michael White's diary

• “It is true that the tools of science cannot be used to change the mind of a committed solipsist who believes they are a brain in a vat, manipulated by an evil demon; yet, those of us who accept the presuppositions of empirical science are able to make progress.”

  The Huffington Post: Sam Harris: Toward a Science of Morality

• “Or as the narrator puts it in a smart aphorism of his own about Beard: "Like many clever men who prize objectivity, he was a solipsist at heart.”

  The Huffington Post: Ian McEwan's 'Solar': The Fat Man's Vengeance (New York Review)

• “I would prefer even the solipsist argument, that there is only one observer myself, and that my observations are the all important factor that crystallizes reality out of the web of quantum possibilities " but extreme solipsism is a deeply unsatisfying philosophy for someone whose own contribution to the world is writing books to be read by other people." (p 236)”

  Are Changes Brewing and How Does the Mind Fit In?

• “A political solipsist might object that the situation isn't the same, but it's pretty close.”

  Your Right Hand Thief

• “I still think you have taken one quote out of context, and the estimable Dr Plait calling Yudkowsky a solipsist is incorrect.”

  When skeptics turn dickish (I'm gonna catch hell for this one) - The Panda's Thumb

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