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by aabajian 417 days ago
The other existential question I've asked is, "How do I know any of you are conscious?" It may be in fact, that I am the only one who is conscious.
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This is known as "the problem of other minds" in philosophy

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/other-minds/

Other people will occasionally verbalize the same kind of thoughts that I've had yet never spoken aloud. That's enough to make me accept that we're at least thinking in the same way.
The next question would then be why are you singled out?

The lack of any reason for that makes it seem quite unlikely in my book :)

Given the nature of evolution it is improbable that we are much different in that way.
I just spoke with a bunch of conscious people at our solipsism meetup!