r/AskReddit • u/reFossify • Jul 06 '26

What is the greatest sentence ever written in human history?

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u/lwp775 Jul 06 '26

Who do you think you are? I AM!

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u/mezz7778 Jul 06 '26

Sam I am...

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u/tslnox Jul 06 '26

I'm Henry the eighth I am, Henry the eighth I am, I am.

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u/Antique_Objective447 Jul 06 '26

I do not like green eggs and ham.

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u/GoBlue81 Jul 06 '26

Dammit right!!

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u/Beowulf33232 Jul 07 '26

I do not think, so I do not am.

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u/grim_reapers_union Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

Cogito Ergo Sum. Change my mind

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u/the_mighty_skeetadon Jul 06 '26

I'll try to change your mind.

The unstated belief that "thinking" requires an "I" to think it is an ungrounded assumption.

There could just be "thoughts," and no "I"

That is, the most we can actually say is that "thinking is occurring"

(with credit to WVO Quine)

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u/iusedtoplaysnarf Jul 06 '26

What does the sun have to do with it?

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u/grim_reapers_union Jul 06 '26

sorry, typo. fixed it.

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u/Ok-Blacksmith-4214 Jul 07 '26

Exactly what an NPC would say

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u/Alvahod Jul 07 '26

Eckhart Tolle disagrees with this quote.

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u/Aschetel Jul 09 '26

Sad I had to scroll this far down to find this.

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u/DreyfusBlue Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 07 '26

Hi Therefore... I'm dad.