The simplest explanation for the universe is that it doesn’t exist. It’s not popular, because the universe seems to exist. Explanations need to be adeqaute to the facts, not just simple.
Upvoted for this line alone. See also, “If nothing exists, I want to know how the nothing works and why it seems to be so highly ordered.”
Upvoted for this line alone. See also, “If nothing exists, I want to know how the nothing works and why it seems to be so highly ordered.”
See also Occam’s sandblaster
If qualia are explained by our innate intuitions (or beliefs)—propositional attitudes—then two questions follow about “how it works”:
What is the propositional content of the beliefs?
What evolutionary pressures caused their development?
I make some conjectures in another essay.
Qualia might be beliefs instead of qualia. Matter might be qualia instead of matter.
:. Beliefs might be Matter instead of Beliefs, or put more simply, beliefs may matter.
Or in other words “I think, therefore I want to explore.”