Of course it takes a leap of faith. There’s no good argument against external world skepticism. Sensory experiences do not necessarily logically reflect a world out there - they could very well be akin to a mirage. In fact, this is a core question examined in thousands of years of Eastern philosophy.
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Of course it takes a leap of faith. There’s no good argument against external world skepticism. Sensory experiences do not necessarily logically reflect a world out there - they could very well be akin to a mirage. In fact, this is a core question examined in thousands of years of Eastern philosophy.