cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/46251814
A professor of philosophy finishes a trick four piece puzzle from the character's childhood
Professor Agneto: Ah well that was easy! Twas a trick, putting the fourth piece in, as if you put the first three pieces together, the fourth won't fit because of the topological constraints put on the system by the the initial axioms.
Smart man: Prove it!
Professor Agneto: I'm sorry?
Smart man: I outright reject your claim on the basis that if you said something you must prove it and I will not listen to you to thus continue this conversation without respecting you as a person OR any of your ideas. And I will continue it in the only manner I know how: in a pseudorespectfully hostile manner!
Professor Agneto: Oh, I've had this conversation a billion times. There are a lotta you. No, the puzzle represents an axiomatic system, and what I'm saying is a continuation of the logic of Gödel's incompleteness theorom to complete it based on orthogonal relativity.
Smart man: I don't know what those words mean. Speak English, which I say respectfully and not to evoke any feelings of inferiority in you! Prove it!
Professor Agneto: Well, I can teach you these words. But the "proof" needs to be on you because what I'm describing is what the Buddha described about the entanglement process that creates the illusion of a self and more.
Smart Man: I will make no effort to understand anything you say. I'm just going to command, demand, and expect an explanation. Prove it!
Professor Agneto: Here's a literal science experiment you can do to prove that your intention results in the procedurally generation of your reality!
Smart Man: Reeeeeee! Prove it!
Professor Agneto: Now listen here, why are you wasting my time? I mean, I am creating content for my educational (f)art project designed to provoke people who cannot control themselves (eg: pedophiles), and I honestly cannot tell if you are trolling - you're indistinguishable from each other - so when you're ready to not be a buttsniff...
Mod: R00D! Be civilized!
Smart Man: Prove it!
Mod: This is the smartest person on our side. You will respect him or I'll be forced to cultivate our echo chamber.
Professor Agneto: Ah, well. All Knowledge comes from möbiation, as we all know from the second story of the Bible, assuming you've sinned and corrected it before to know what is objectively good as you observe how the four puzzle pieces that compose your "self" manage to fit together, which no one but you can do. Assuming you've meditated to know what a jhana is.
Smart Man: Prove it!
