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But the hidden assumption here is that somehow our perceptions don’t generalise to the actual goings on in the universe, when they clearly do. Our perceptions s
by thom 3y ago
But the hidden assumption here is that somehow our perceptions don’t generalise to the actual goings on in the universe, when they clearly do. Our perceptions seem extremely well correlated with reality, and even when this isn’t the case for someone psychotic, the rest of us perceive that perfectly normally. I’m agnostic and obviously can’t make any statements about where things came from or why, but I’m entirely confident that I perceive my lot in life accurately enough that I don’t need any philosophical angst about it.
- hardlianotion 3y ago“ But the hidden assumption here is that somehow our perceptions don’t generalise to the actual goings on in the universe, when they clearly do.” I think there are enough posts on this subject thread to make me think that this is not clear to everyone. It’s not clear to me either.
- thom 3y agoI feel bad for everyone who's regularly walking into invisible walls and waking up as a giant insect, I guess.
- hardlianotion 3y agoI suppose there is conceptual room in the gap between things that don't internally make consistent sense to a person, and the actual rules of the true universe.
- mistermann 3y agoWith language this loose and ambiguous, is it even possible to "be" incorrect? An amazing percentage of human conversation is like this, including discussions between genuine (on a relative basis, which is how our culture "measures" such things) rational and scientific people.