(December 2, 2014 at 7:25 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote:(December 2, 2014 at 5:10 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: So what are you saying, that reason is not reliable because it evolved. If so how is it possible to know anything at all?Well, considering the general stupidity of people, obviously not. That is, reason is most definitely not reliable beyond the framework our experiences ascertain. Your question seems to indicate that you truly do not appreciate the strenuous efforts that led to and have sustained the scientific method.
I was thinking more along the line of reasoning as a method for gaining knowledge, including scientific inquiries, and not the application (flawed or otherwise) of that capacity.