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by anon291
7 days ago
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You believe in the scientific method because it's commonly accepted but it's not necessarily true. Seeing that you have consciousness and assuming things like you do as well is a logical error. It may be true, but your way of knowing, which is based on how we approach empiricism in the west, is incorrect. I'm sure you believe you changed your mind on somethings, and I'm sure you're right on that . But this is not about what you believe but rather which means of knowledge you believe are right |
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> There is a gaping chasm between "no evidence" and "irrefutable evidence". You can apply some logic to achieve a reasonable certainty about what's probably going on. As I said in a previous comment, insofar as you can know _anything_, i.e., that your senses are trustworthy and allow you to form some coherent model of the actual world around you, you can be reasonably certain that other people have an inner life as you do. If you are willing to apply your skepticism so far that we can settle the debate at "we can't actually know anything" then conversations about what we know aren't even worth having.