RE: Puzzling thing about Speed of Light/Speed of Causality
August 24, 2018 at 4:41 am
(This post was last modified: August 24, 2018 at 4:50 am by vulcanlogician.)
(August 24, 2018 at 4:03 am)robvalue Wrote: One of the conclusions I've come to in my philosophical thinking is that defining what "real" means in a non-circular way is problematic at best and impossible at worst.
Hmmmm... that does seem like a toughie. Maybe it would be easier to outline what reality is not. For instance, not illusory, imaginary, or the product of deceit.
As to the simulation hypothesis, that's an interesting thing to ponder. I am inclined to think that things are too weird to be the product of a simulation. I consider it to be a (very remote) possibility. That's why I said I was a 6/7 on the Dawkins scale in the other thread. If I'm not completely sold on the fact I'm not a brain in a vat, I can't be a 7/7. I mean, if it turns out I'm a brain in a vat, all bets are off, y'know?
