(September 12, 2014 at 9:50 am)bennyboy Wrote: We know for a 100% fact that our senses don't represent reality truthfully. That's what illusions demonstrate, and the effect is so strong that you cannot consciously compensate for it.If our species was operating on a purely sensory mode what you assert would be 100% true. However, we have since The Enlightenment had the use of empirical science to validate or invalidate sensory impressions.
We do we really, REALLY know? That we have experiences, and that there are commonalities among them that allow us to see meaning
in repeated patterns.
Or, as as one of the few sensible things Ayn Rand said. 'If you get the way you classify concepts wrong it won't just be a in interesting philosopical game you're playing, it could kill you"
The Human Race is insane.
