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Yes, there could. It's not "silly", it's the basis of what separates science from religion. There's no final answer. Everything can be questioned. It's funny

• codebolt 12y ago
  Sure, everything can be questioned, but if you reject all assumptions then you're not left with much. There's no guarantee that the contents of your memory aren't all false or that the universe won't stop existing 1 minute from now. Yet I hold both of these claims to be false, simply because if I was to go around seriously contemplating such issues all the time then I'd just be living in a constant state of existential confusion. And there's no enlightenment in that.
• WhoBeI 12y ago
  Yes, everything can be questioned including this theory. I'm saying that focusing our efforts on all the different ways we could be wrong doesn't really help us move forward. So it would be "silly" to spend our time on that endeavor instead of trying to apply the theory to as many scenarios as possible to see if it works. But, yeah, maybe using the word "silly" was a bit harsh. I could have written "not productive" instead. Besides, the article is not a scientific one it's a philosophical one. In science you arrive at a conclusion using theories and observations while in philosophy you arrive at conclusions by theories and consensus.