Do You Exist? Are You Sure? TED-Ed Explains How You Know You’re Real

How do you know you’re really you and not the figment of some evil genius demon’s imagination? This TED-Ed video breaks down the often oversimplified Descartes statement “I think, therefor I am,” to convince you that you do, in fact, exist. Now they just need to make a follow video about solipsism to convince me that everyone else exists too.

(TED-Ed via Laughing Squid)

Previously in existing

• Kermit and Fozzie talk about the meaning of existence
• Bigfoot and Yeti still not proven to exist
• Here’s a Descartes Valentine

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Glen is a comedian, writer, husband, and father. He won his third-grade science fair and is a former preschool science teacher, which is a real job.

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