https://meltingasphalt.com/a-natural-history-of-beauty/ … (esp. the bit about the flytraps)
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Yeah. I find that when arguing with these sorts, ceding ground by accepting their dismissal of metaphysics is a bad move. Better to challenge them on the fact that they are taking all sorts of metaphysical commitments for granted.
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Yes! The first part of my Eggplant book points out all these unthought philosophical assumptions, and why they are wrong. Glad to say there’s now a complete first draft of that! Changing one’s mind requires understanding the better alternative though (rest of book)!
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My coffee seems to be kicking in, finally.
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It's remarkable how many espouse "materialism" but have no coherent notion of what "matter" is, whether in terms of quantum field theory or anything else. They simply take for granted a Newtonian view of "matter" as an undefined primitive and hold this forth as "rational."
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And, all the matter in the universe is tidily partioned into objects whose boundaries are objective and whose properties are fully determinate. Etc. Mostly no one would agree when asked, but the unthought STEM worldview implicitly depends on such assumptions.
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