Hi. I feel emotion sometimes.
What is that? It's something I know is there, because I feel it. Because that's what emotion is.
But I also know it's possible to fake emotion. People can fake tears, fake joy, smile through tears, and just act completely fake about all sorts of things to manipulate other people.
But I know there's a difference between real emotions and fake emotions.
But... I can't prove it. All the physical symptoms of emotion can be faked with enough control. There's something to real emotion beyond the purely physical manifestation, but it can't be physically measured. So it absolutely cannot be proven.
So, maybe there's no such thing as emotion after all.
But I know it's there. But it really is an extraordinary claim, when you think about it. That there is this incredibly mystical part of our persons that is separate from what can be physically measured, but that we are still certain is there. Our passions, our grief, our joy, our rage - the cause of all these feelings.
I know it's there. I can't explain it. I cannot come up with extraordinary evidence, other than appealing to the sense of emotion in anyone else that isn't a sociopath.
I feel. I cannot prove to anyone that I have real emotion. No one can prove to me that they are feeling true emotion and not just faking it. But it still exists.