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I cannot base my beliefs about specific events on my general sense of what kinds of things happens. To take an example claim: "Trump is getting money that are e
by TorKlingberg 10y ago
I cannot base my beliefs about specific events on my general sense of what kinds of things happens. To take an example claim: "Trump is getting money that are essentially bribes from a Brazilian oil company." That feels plausible to me, and fits my general view of Trump and the world. But I don't believe it's true, in fact I just made it up.
- coldtea 10y ago>I cannot base my beliefs about specific events on my general sense of what kinds of things happens. Lacking concrete evidence, that's exactly the kind of thing you should base your beliefs of specific events on.
- TorKlingberg 10y agoNot without any specific evidence. Otherwise I'd have to believe an almost infinite number of things that seem possible and fit my worldview.
- coldtea 10y ago>Otherwise I'd have to believe an almost infinite number of things that seem possible and fit my worldview. You don't have to believe them as absolute facts, just assign a possibility to them. After all, nothing, even "this table is real" has a 100% fact status (we might be in a dream or a simulation).