(January 6, 2015 at 9:02 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Unfortunately, at no point does proof that all the marbles are white materialize until all marbles are out. However, I agree that we do use sloppy thinking like that all the time. It isn't a "fact of reality" that you're discovering, you're engaging in a useful heuristic (congratulations, you're describing what we already knew about the limitations of our minds and assumptions). Now, someone will be along to tell you a story about swans shortly.
-Our brains didn't evolve to seek truth.
Do you think Bertrand Russell was right when he said 'an open mind is an empty mind' in relation to knowledge and experience?
MM
"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions" - Leonardo da Vinci
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
