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The cogito is lazy and wrong. You don't "know you exist" just because you "appear" to think. Appearance of thought is not the same as thought. P zombies would also proudly exclaim that they think therefore they are...

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I don't think you understand what it's saying. They absolutely do know they exist, because they're actively experiencing it. Non-existent beings don't have experiences.

The fact that no one can "prove" it to you or anyone else is irrelevant for their own absolute certainty.

Thinking does not matter. It only require "awareness" or the fact that "there is" is enough. Thoughts, emotions, feelings, sensations and all qualia are something that are seen. The seer is the consciousness. In fact, this can becomes recursive, because the seer can see the seer is seen so that is not consciousness either.

> In fact, this can becomes recursive, because the seer can see the seer is seen so that is not consciousness either.

That is just nonsensical.

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