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Comment Re: Keep dreaming. (Score 1) 37

Are you aware that Hindus abandoned the sacrifice because karma, or the law of cause and effect, was violated when promised results did not follow?

When Jain tirthankars changed the religion by adding new vows, was that like a paradigm shift?

Is your view of religion ignorantly limited to just what you're familiar with?

Comment Re: Reality is not a simulation! (Score 1) 233

So your answer to the problem of induction is "sorry, my mood affiliates against that"?

"This problem undermines the philosophical foundation of:

Science, which relies heavily on induction (experiments â' general laws).

Everyday reasoning, like expecting food to be edible tomorrow or gravity to keep working.

We all rely on induction in practice, but Hume showed we donâ(TM)t have a rational justification for trusting itâ"itâ(TM)s a habit of mind, not a logical necessity."

Comment Re: Reality is not a simulation! (Score 1) 233

Did brute physical experience lead the epicyclists to conclude the earth did not move, the sun did? Did brute physical experience lead geologists to conclude continents don't drift? How mood affiliated is your interpretation of the sum total of brute physical experience?

What if brute physical experience can be relative (cf. Einstein) or inconsistent? Does your set of axioms become cherry-picked?

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