Posted: Mar 08, 2020 10:21 pm
Wheelspawn wrote:-for example, that reality is mental and not physica
You cannot debunk this, as it is actually true that everything you hear, and see, requires the use of your brain, and once your brain dies, you also die. You cannot function without your brain.
If you really wish to argue with him however, then you could try reminding him what reality is
Reality is the sum or aggregate of all that is real or existent within a system, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality
And therefore, reality is "everything" there is in it's totality, and not simply the mental aspects.
But on the otherhand, i would not bother, because the most annoying thing about his argument, is not how wrong it is, but actually how simplistic and self explanatory it is, and yet he thinks he is revealing some dark secret only known by Hinduists, and something that no-one else that has not watched his favourite youtube video is capable of perceiving.
Wheelspawn wrote:non-duality.
non duality you can easily brush off as being non scientific religious doctrine
"nondualism" is derived from Advaita Vedanta, descriptions of nondual consciousness can be found within Hinduism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nondualism
Wheelspawn wrote:In one recent video he even claimed to be God--apparently he discovered this with the help of psychedelic drugs.
Again, there is not really much you can say to that.
What is his definition of God? He likely has some new-age philosophy where we are all God. Either that or he may be on the verge of a nervous breakdown. My advice from here on would be for you to change your perceptions of him, and stop seeing him as annoying and requiring shutting up, and begin seeing him as possibly mentally ill, and begin trying to help him by trying to find some common ground. You could find this in Quantum Mechanics
Wheelspawn wrote:In this video, he purports that QM proves materialism is false.
Quantum mechanics is a fundamental theory in physics describing the properties of nature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics
You could begin by trying to discuss with him, what Quantum Mechanics is, and what it isn't.
But to do this, you will need to be prepaired to find out for yourself what it is, otherwise you may find you are unable to help improve his understanding, and point out his misunderstandings, and misrepresentations, because he actually knows more about the subject than you.