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Moving further along, we come across concepts like sympathy derived from self-pity, which questions the motives behind our care for others. This leads us to considerations of last Thursdayism, a thought experiment that humorously highlights the absurdity of asserting that everything—including our memories—was created just last week.
As we probe more profound theories, we arrive at the notion that observation creates the universe. This idea derives from philosophical positions such as Berkeley’s idealism, which states that material objects do not exist independently of our perceptions. The implications of this belief challenge conventional understandings of existence and reality.