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It means there is no point talking about a reality, only various models of the world.
by pishpash 9y ago
It means there is no point talking about a reality, only various models of the world.
- goatlover 9y agoOnly if you think all forms of realism are indefensible. But why think that given the success of science and technology?
- AstralStorm 9y agoThat only describes the success of the scientific method in building ever more accurate models of the reality.
- emmett 9y agoWhat do you call "the thing that produces results that surprise you because it wasn't what your model predicted"? I think of that thing as "reality"...not sure how you can coherently talk about a model without talking about the thing you have a model of?
- DoctorOetker 9y agowould "surprisal" work?
- danield9tqh 9y agoOnce you've accepted that reality = reality and that to discuss reality, humans always need to revert to models, then any further discussion of the nature of reality seems like a dead end. Because any way you try to discuss it is a simplification. Maybe it's more accurate to just accept that we're firmly in the realm of models and forget about trying to define reality itself. So in that way it becomes kind of pointless to discuss the nature of reality.