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fuckingkangaroos@lemm.ee 6 months agoI agree with the first paragraph, but not the second. Why should there be a big bang? That’s based on the assumption that you can trust your perceptions, which I’m essentially rejecting.
In other words, is there something giving me perceptions? I think so. Why is it there? Who knows. Why is there anything? Same answer.
exocrinous@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Okay, but that doesn’t solve the causeless effect problem. The world is as much a causeless effect as perceptions without a world. So your proposed resolution to the problem is “there’s probably a world out there I’ll never know and I don’t have to reckon with its causeless effects, I just have to push the causeless effect out of my direct knowledge”?
fuckingkangaroos@lemm.ee 6 months ago
No, I can’t solve that problem, but I don’t think that means there’s no objective reality out there. The alternatives are more ridiculous.
exocrinous@lemm.ee 6 months ago
I don’t think we should pick our worldviews based on what’s “ridiculous”. For one thing, the very idea of determining truth as the opposite of silliness is absurd, and therefore the idea is inherently hypocritical. It instantly self-defeats and forces you to pick something else.
I believe in picking worldviews based on what’s useful. I’m always going to change reality if it helps people.