Three rules of epistemology that should be taught at school: 1. Knowledge does not come from authority, but always from evidence, and evidence is very hard to get. The only tools to get evidence (including what it actually supports) are reason and scientific inquiry.
Yes, which is basically all the opinions weighted with the probability of them being true. I take it that you believe that you have found a way to pick one of them and now try to justify an item of faith?
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I'm simply saying: "you can't get there from here." I'm not justifying faith here. I'm pointing out the difficulty of legislating a set of rational rules that you can then build your world on.
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Could you please provide some evidential support for your argument so we can evaluate the probability that you are right? :)
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I have to call it a night now. Thanks for this discussion. I've followed you because you like to think about the big questions. Gregg
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