RE: Why do you people say there is no evidence,when you can't be bothered to look for it?
October 16, 2015 at 8:58 am
(This post was last modified: October 16, 2015 at 9:01 am by Edwardo Piet.)
But there is a difference between seeming to seem and real seeming
You may think it is evident to you when really you later discover that it was never evident all along. I think you can be wrong about what is evident.
Unless your senses or your senses + certain tools or your logic actually detects something relevant - is it really evident to you or do you just think it is?
I don't think it's quite as simple as 100% subjective. I don't think a huge ton of people merely believing that something is evident to them really means it is evident to them because I don't think they see what they think they see. Or experience what they think they experience. They have illusions, hallucinations, delusions, misconceptions, etc. And I don't even think people even always believe what they think they believe. We can be wrong about our own subjectivity.
From Google define:
Evident: clearly seen or understood; obvious.
Is it genuinely clearly seen or understood? Or do they just think it is?
You may think it is evident to you when really you later discover that it was never evident all along. I think you can be wrong about what is evident.
Unless your senses or your senses + certain tools or your logic actually detects something relevant - is it really evident to you or do you just think it is?
I don't think it's quite as simple as 100% subjective. I don't think a huge ton of people merely believing that something is evident to them really means it is evident to them because I don't think they see what they think they see. Or experience what they think they experience. They have illusions, hallucinations, delusions, misconceptions, etc. And I don't even think people even always believe what they think they believe. We can be wrong about our own subjectivity.
From Google define:
Evident: clearly seen or understood; obvious.
Is it genuinely clearly seen or understood? Or do they just think it is?