Comment on big facts

• cynar@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s an assumption, not an extrapolation. Assumptions, without evidence are beliefs.

  We assume several unprovable axioms to allow science to function. A lot of work has also been done to collapse them down to the core minimum. What is left is still built on belief.

  The fact that the results are useful back validates those beliefs. It doesn’t prove them however.

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  • lime@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    we’re comparing it to a system where none of that has been done. it’s sort of a “god of the gaps” situation but the gaps are shaped exactly like pieces in a puzzle. we can extrapolate the form of the proof even if we can’t show it. the same is not true of the other camp.

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    • cynar@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You say that, but, if the universe has an infinite lifespan (as current models suggest) then we would almost certainly be Boltzmann brains. (There would be an infinite amount of Boltzmann brains, but only a finite number of humans)

      I personally believe I am not, and the universe actually exists, rather than a sensory/memory ghost.

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      • lime@feddit.nu ⁨16⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        surely if the universe has an infinite lifespan there could be an infinite number of humans? for whatever passes as a huban at any given time. the two concepts may even overlap.

        not that it matters for the day-to-day, anyway.

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