(October 6, 2013 at 1:03 am)genkaus Wrote: Actually, it does. Given that certain amount of truth is necessary for survival and any compromise of all of our reasoning skills would compromise our ability to discern that truth, then it means our survival would be compromised. It isn't, so they aren't.
I commend you for thinking outside the box, but there's an important detail you're missing. you don't need all your reasoning skills to discern some truth. so it is possible for us to know necessary truths in order to survive without having completely accurate reasoning skills. also, you still have to show why it is in fact necessary to know *some* truths. I can understand if you're saying we have to observe what resembles truth, but that can mean most if not all observations are exaggerated to give us paranoia to better react. and our reasoning skills could be attuned to make us rationalize this paranoia as actual truth so we trust our senses.
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them.
-Galileo
-Galileo
