RE: Proving What We Already "Know"
June 27, 2022 at 10:18 am
(This post was last modified: June 27, 2022 at 10:24 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Well, it's sort of an academic question..... but, as it turns out, the content of the thread really doesn't have much to do with that. It's a framing device. We "know" that we're experiencing so that we can say that other things only look like they're experiencing, and are not really™ experiencing...and if anything (like...say, science) says "hey, maybe you're not doing what you think you are" or "hey, maybe this thing -is- doing what you think it's not" we reject that as wrong.
Translated for bluntness - the question in thread is more along the lines of "how can we maintain a poorly formed view in contradiction to repeated observation in order to avoid some negatively weighted possible consequence of correcting that view?" The answer to that, is easily. We're extremely talented in this specific regard. We manage to do that even when we do correct our factual views. Fine, you're a person..but..like, a fraction of one. Or maybe you're a biological person but a legal unperson. Or maybe you're a biological and legal person but that doesn't mean -I- have an obligation to treat you as one. On and on and on.
Translated for bluntness - the question in thread is more along the lines of "how can we maintain a poorly formed view in contradiction to repeated observation in order to avoid some negatively weighted possible consequence of correcting that view?" The answer to that, is easily. We're extremely talented in this specific regard. We manage to do that even when we do correct our factual views. Fine, you're a person..but..like, a fraction of one. Or maybe you're a biological person but a legal unperson. Or maybe you're a biological and legal person but that doesn't mean -I- have an obligation to treat you as one. On and on and on.
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