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the problem is epistemology, not aesthetics. why are you comfortable believing in things that are nonfalsifiable? that you find them comforting is not much of
by markhahn 4y ago
the problem is epistemology, not aesthetics. why are you comfortable believing in things that are nonfalsifiable? that you find them comforting is not much of an argument.
- GalenErso 4y agoScientific theories about the origins of the Universe, such as the one that this post is about, are equally nonfalsifiable.
- htfu 4y agoA scientist theorizing is not the same as a scientific theory. Nonfalsifiable surely ought to mean end of wits or preferably being content with simply not being able to truly know, not "anything goes". Making stuff up to ponder the possibilities is all fine, don't get me wrong. But it shouldn't be given too much weight.
- gensym 4y ago- humans have value - life is worth living - doing the right thing matters All are unfalsifiable. I am deeply skeptical of anyone who claims to not believe unfalsifiable things.
- Thiez 4y agoI don't believe those things are objectively true. Outside of other humans nobody cares about those things. And you don't need to search far to find people who clearly don't believe the first one when the humans are their out-group. Or to see the second belief being applied very differently on both sides of an abortion debate. I do think society works better if we assume these things to be rules (to a degree) and as a member of society I act (and benefit) accordingly, but objectively it doesn't matter at all. The beliefs you mention are a lot like belief in 'free will' in that regard, a convenient fiction.