The anthropologist's dilemma applies equally to the universe in which the observers serve as agents of the cosmos itself.
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Replying to @RitaJKing
Fortunately a cosmos with agency is a figment of the imagination of its agents.
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Replying to @RitaJKing
If we can in principle have no evidence then we must have no confidence. All actions and beliefs based on nonzero confidence in cosmic agency are therefore refering to a fantasy, regardless of the actual groundtruth.
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Replying to @Plinz
In principle, I agree. In practice, however, I have two disciplines, and only one of them is scientific.
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Replying to @RitaJKing
It seems to me (with less than full confidence) that as artists, we can play with truth, but we cannot refuse to serve it.
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Replying to @Plinz @RitaJKing
I admit that we can also be artists or priests without full integrity, and professional liars with full integrity.
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The introduction to
@EmilyRCWilson's translation of THE ODYSSEY talks about lying and integrity. Lots of open questions when it comes to Odysseus...1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @RitaJKing @EmilyRCWilson
Btw did you ever read Christa Wolf's "Kassandra"?
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The Odyssey is great material because it is so rich while taking so narrow perspectives with so limited integrity that it screams for looking from other angles
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