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• lime@feddit.nu ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  i don’t believe in wifi, just like i don’t believe in trees. i know they’re there.

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  • cynar@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The belief would be that your senses aren’t being actively deceived. Also, that you’re not a Boltzmann brain hallucinating in the void.

    I personally believe all the axioms of science apply. It’s still fun to poke at them.

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    • lime@feddit.nu ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      the atheist says “i will not believe”. the agnostic says “i can not believe”. one is as dogmatic as the beliefs they purport to refute, the other lacks the capacity for dogma, as belief for them is simply not possible.

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      • MalReynolds@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        I’m willing to accept Atheism, ‘I do not believe in God’, as somewhat dogmatic, but as others have said, it’s the null hypothesis and they have Occam’s razor going for them. Pragmatically it is a useful stance in light of the societal harm religion does.

        I am however unwilling to conflate Agnosticism with ‘I can not believe’, always been “I’m waiting for evidence one way or the other” to me, so perhaps the more scientific point of view.

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      • cynar@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Belief in a null is a lot more reasonable than belief in something so powerful it can pretend to be a null.

        Belief that I am not in a Truman show like environment is a lot more reasonable (without evidence) than belief that I am in a Truman show, and they are doing a perfect job.

        That doesn’t mean I don’t try disproving the null hypothesis.

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  • Grail@multiverse.soulism.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Oh, you’re a solipsist? You believe reality is an illusion and trees don’t really exist? I’m somewhat similar, I’m an antirealist. I recognise that reality is an illusion, but I still choose to believe in it until it can be overthrown. If we teach enough people how to reshape their beliefs and perceptions, then we can decide for ourselves whether trees exist. But at present, I need to believe in trees in order to inhabit consensus reality and communicate efficiently with the people who live here. It’s cool that you don’t believe in trees, though!

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    • lime@feddit.nu ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      no

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• Smoogs@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I only believe in my own wifi. My wifi is the one true wifi.

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