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Technically, it isn't possible for you to know what is going on. I suspect you are mistaking belief for knowledge, as is our cultural conditioning, here in the

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• JumpCrisscross 2y ago
  > you are mistaking belief for knowledge If you response to evidence that challenges your worldview with Cartesian nihilism, you’re not operating in truth or knowledge but faith. That’s fine. Faith is powerful. But it’s good to be clear eyed about which beliefs you hold that no amount of evidence will change your mind about.
  • mistermann 2y ago
    > that challenges your worldview Would you be willing to share some concrete, context-specific details about what you believe yourself to be referring to here? > with Cartesian nihilism Is this knowledge? Is it necessarily accurate (in no way misleading)? > That’s fine. Faith is powerful... Is this to say that I am operating on Faith with respect to a certain proposition? If so, would you mind sharing what that proposition is with the rest of us? And, does this apply to you as well? Or, are you perhaps under the impression that you have, in fact, a superior methodology to me in this regard? For example: do you realize that you made a claim of fact above? Do you have the ability to substantiate that claim, in a matter that is resilient to valid questioning?
    • JumpCrisscross 2y ago
      I mean, if observing N > 1 doesn’t refute a claim of singularity we’re literally arguing about why 2 != 1.
      • mistermann 2y ago
        Following your lead, are we not also arguing about the airspeed of a European swallow?