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exocrinous@lemm.ee 6 months agoOkay, 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.