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by defrost 726 days ago
> I did. Obviously.

So it's an opinion from your philosophy and not a universal absolute as you presented.

> I am not sure you have made a convincing case that science is more than nothing.

I haven't, just presented positions held by others .. and with no convincing case I guess we must conclude that science is nothing.

Or maybe assume there's something to it <shrug>.

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> So it's an opinion from your philosophy and not a universal absolute as you presented.

Wait. If it were a universal absolute, for what reason would I present it? A universal absolute offers no remaining opportunity for me to learn, and why would I enter into a discussion that provides no learning opportunity? That would be a pointless waste of time. Whichever philosopher gave you the idea that I would waste my time like that did not think things through and has severely misguided you.

> I guess we must conclude that science is nothing. Or maybe assume there's something to it <shrug>.

Either way. As feeble humans (or LLM bots), we are not science. We can make assumptions that may or may not have any basis in reality.