▲ | 9rx 4 days ago | |||||||
> "what happens when I burn hydrogen in oxygen? Will it produce water, ammonia or a chocolate bunny?" I don't know. Does it matter? Even if I plainly see it produce a chocolate bunny, for what reason would I need to make up my mind on that? I fail to see the utility. "I don't know" remains a sufficient state going forward. > Which of the two does this statement itself fall into? I don't know. > If it's with the certainty of math, why do you make an exception for this non-mathematical proposition, and how do you justify it I don't know. And I don't have a justification. For what reason would I need one? > and how do you deal with the ensuing infinite vicious regress? Infinite regress implies making up a mind, no? But since there is no real need to do that... | ||||||||
▲ | geye1234 4 days ago | parent [-] | |||||||
> Does it matter? Even if I plainly see it produce a chocolate bunny, for what reason would I need to make up my mind on that? I fail to see the utility. "I don't know" remains a sufficient state going forward. That's a different question. I'm not asking whether you have a reason to make up your mind on the question, just whether it's rational to think one or the other. Couple more questions: Is math an area where you can make up your mind? Do you know whether you know the answer to the question I posed above? Which was: >> "Everything I know, I know with the certainty of math, or not at all". Which of the two does this statement itself fall into? | ||||||||
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