Skepsis Wrote:With that in mind, I still hold that foundational beliefs such as "I exist" "I have a past" and "my senses are accurate to an extent" are necessary to live in this world
I justify these beliefs because whenever I have acted as if these things are self-evident, I receive postitive results. It's not a solid proof or anything, but it at least allows me to feel as if I'm not just blindly following unfounded assumptions.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
