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No, I don't feel crazy. Just honest. I have no idea if the tree is still there when I cease to exist. I just go with that assumption out of convenience. This
by colordrops 6mo ago
No, I don't feel crazy. Just honest.
I have no idea if the tree is still there when I cease to exist. I just go with that assumption out of convenience.
This degrading of subjective experience as a minor detail rather than a fundamental aspect of reality is one of the core sources of confusion in western thought IMHO.
- 0xBA5ED 6mo agoI'd argue we must go with these assumptions out of necessity rather than convenience. I don't have any broad strokes to offer on western thought, however.
- colordrops 6mo agoNecessity for what condition? To find truth? Making assumptions are the opposite of finding truth.
- 0xBA5ED 6mo agoTo function. You must assume many things on a daily basis to function and survive because we are limited.
- colordrops 6mo agoOk but isn't that a different topic? Whether you function or not is not the same as whether something is true or not.
- 0xBA5ED 6mo agoMaybe it is. I guess I was offering my perspective on dividing "real" things from the rest of it and got on a tangent there.