It's not solipsism. It's fallibilism. It's the humility to admit that we may be wrong about absolutely *anything*.
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Replying to @christianjbdev
No! Fallibism is great. 'I believe cats are iphones' is not fallibism. 'We could be wrong in our assessment of things even that profound' is
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Replying to @HPluckrose @christianjbdev
We can provisionally accept that cats are biological organisms & iPhones man-made technology w/out forgetting that knowledge is provisional
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Replying to @HPluckrose @christianjbdev
We must be able to say at some point that some answers are just wrong & marginalise them. Evolution is true. Vaccines do not cause autism.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Like I said - it's a balance. We should favour expert opinion, but also allow challenges to dogma.
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Replying to @christianjbdev @HPluckrose
How many times have people told you that you are just wrong cos you're going against 'expert' consensus? I bet it happens quite often.
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Replying to @christianjbdev
Yes & sometimes they're right & I am mistaken & we don't have to keep giving my mistake fair & equal consideration with evidenced stuff.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I absolutely agree that not all ideas should be granted respect or equal consideration.
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Replying to @christianjbdev
Exactly. I recently said something which assumed that the common misconception that medieval peasants were called up for war was true.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @christianjbdev
Someone who studies medieval military history pointed me to the conclusive evidence that shows this could not be true.
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We can shelve that now when we look at history. Don't have to keep considering it coz it is a common opinion.
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