Is the world a construct of my imagination?

I imagine so. Lonliness would be one of the very first things to hit.The thing working against your conviction is that it is your own. There is no outside reference to calibrate it in order to gain any insight as to whether it is accurate or not. In other words: this 'conviction' has no foundation to work off in order to suggest itself as actually being the case. A conviction in a vacuum.The alternative view is that everyone else/thing exists along with you. And this (competing) view is generated in your own existance. And it too is an argument in a vacuum - there is no absolute way to demonstrate that it is the case.So, there can be no talk of conviction either way - both views exist in a foundationless vaccum. There can only be talk of which one you chose to hold. And you are free to chose which one to hold. If you find the one you hold at the moment to be upsetting then chose the other one if that is less upsetting.As soon as you make the choice for the other way you will find that everyone does indeed exist and that they have made the same choice as you have.I repeat: there is no absolute way to decide which is the true view. Only choice. So chose.{you may view this argument as a product of yourself in your own stand alone existance. But it doesn't change the arugment you are presenting yourself. You are presenting yourself with a choice. And if making a choice you must jump of the cliff. There can be no retention of the other choice for that would be sitting on the fence - not making a choice. Decide and then jump and let there be no more talk of this anymore. Choosing one option means the death of the other.)Edited by iano, : re-write to clarify what I meant.Edited by iano, : No reason given.Edited by iano, : No reason given.