Dr Adequate writes:
But if you can believe that, then why couldn't it be the case that the rest of the universe only exists as long as there is life on Alpha Centuri Gamma to perceive it? Why should we be ontologically privileged?
Well, if I'm right, (and I am aware that is a very big if), then Alpha Centuri Gamma only exists because life here perceives it. It wouldn't necessarily mean that there isn't other life, but if there is, then presumably they would perceive a different universe.
I know this is more than a little off the deep end but it could very well be that I'm just reading the wrong books.