The document discusses the question of whether humans truly exist or are just avatars being controlled by outside forces. It considers the idea that humans are like characters in a video game being manipulated by unseen players. However, the author argues that they can think independently and feel emotions, which proves they are living beings rather than just pixels on a screen. While existence is a difficult concept to prove, the author maintains their strong belief that they and other people exist in reality and are not just inventions in a game.

1. The Big Question: Do We Exist?
“Cogito Ergo Sum” I think, therefore I am.
How do we know that we all exist? Is it just because we can feel, touch, and
speak, or does it mean more? Are our emotions just controlled by someone
much bigger than us?
To exist by definition is to continue to be; or live. And for others, one
scenario of our existence is that we are avatars in one big video game; where
the players are putting ideas and memories in our heads, making us feel, see,
and touch. The idea is that when we go to sleep, that is the player logging off,
and we are in a frozen state of mind. This scenario proves that we cannot think
for ourselves, that we have to rely on others to choose our plans for us; in other
words, our boss’.
I know that I exist because this is what I understand, I cannot believe
that someone is controlling me, I can make my own decisions; whether or not
they are the right ones. I can feel emotions, I can feel the wind on my face, heat
from a fire, the sweetness of a marshmallow, and I have the space in my brain
to learn knew things everyday; sometimes. My beliefs tell me that there is no
way I could be just an avatar in another type of worlds; I don’t know if a bunch
of pixels in a PS 3 game have feeling, or if they truly know what their life really
is; but I do know that I am not the same as them. I believe that I exist, that the

2. people around me are more than my imagination, and that the feelings I have
either on bad days or good days are proof that I am alive, living, and able to
think on my own.
Many people get frustrated and annoyed with deep questions like this,
and they feel threatened by anything other than the present because of how
hard they have to think, and how difficult it is to think about more than
ourselves. It’s like scientists saying that there is life in outer space, somewhere
far beyond our own galaxy; that is very far away, and not many people like to
warp their brains around that kind of distance.
But no matter how hard it is to prove myself and my beliefs, I will always
stand up for the fact that I know I exist, and I know others exist. We are so
much more than just avatars in a video game; we are living, breathing, thinking,
and very complex people-no video game inventor in the world could ever make a
video game as amazing as my life and the lives of others.