Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by deepsun 423 days ago
"Blindsight" by Peter Watts is exactly about that.
1 comments
k__ 423 days ago
"The case against reality" is also about that.

But as far as I know, not many scientists think this is a reasonable idea.

link
scoofy 423 days ago
Ultimately it doesn’t matter if it’s reasonable. If it were true, life would be absurd. So, philosophically, we can assume it’s untrue because the alternative means being wrong about it doesn’t matter.
link