There is indeed a lot about the workings of minds that neither I nor anyone else knows, but I do not mistake my lack of knowledge for strong evidence that certa

There is indeed a lot about the workings of minds that neither I nor anyone else knows, but I do not mistake my lack of knowledge for strong evidence that certain things cannot be so. That would be an example of what Dennett calls the philosopher's syndrome: mistaking a failure of the imagination for an insight into necessity. It would be like a pre-Archimedean philosopher asserting that iron boats are impossible, because how could they float?