Is Transhuman Space a "silly" genre?

[Agemegos]

Originally Posted by Molokh

(Compare: can one prove to a solipsist that everyone else is real/really a person?)

Recite the following Limerick:

There was a faith healer from Deal
Who said "Although pain isn't real
When I sit on a pin
And it punctures my skin
I dislike what I fancy I feel."

Then kick the solipsist sharply in the shin and say "If you act on the belief that I don't exist and don't matter, I will make damned sure that you dislike what you fancy you feel. So come on Solipism-boy! Show us what you really believe"