Is there anything that you consider proven beyond any possibility of doubt by both empirical evidence and pure logic,
Bit of a tall order, taken literally.
and yet saying it triggers automatic stream of rationalizations in other people?
Is this intended as hyperbole for: “Is there anything that you consider solidly established by both empirical evidence and pure logic, yet even the smart, rational people on Less Wrong will respond to it with obvious rationalisations?”
how about; the external world can never be proven to exist, we have to take it on faith alone. one of the implications being that science is a belief system of its own.
Downvoted, then removed the downvote. After all, you’re new. It might be instructive for you to read what happened to the last challenger. Try to do better than that.
Bit of a tall order, taken literally.
Is this intended as hyperbole for: “Is there anything that you consider solidly established by both empirical evidence and pure logic, yet even the smart, rational people on Less Wrong will respond to it with obvious rationalisations?”
how about; the external world can never be proven to exist, we have to take it on faith alone. one of the implications being that science is a belief system of its own.
Downvoted, then removed the downvote. After all, you’re new. It might be instructive for you to read what happened to the last challenger. Try to do better than that.