Annnd I learned a new word today
You can't operate without a priori assumptions, because your knowledge of everything is incomplete and limited. Your eyes assume the sun... https://twitter.com/jasosilver/status/899427988932001794 …
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Your eyes assume a geocentric solar system, your brain discovers a heliocentric solar system in a galaxy among many, in a multiverse.
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Multiverse has no proof
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This is true even in the "pure" science of mathematics. Everything must start from axioms, even if they're obvious and mundane.
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"Grant me one miracle and I'll create the universe" - Terence mckenna on the Big Bang
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It's funny because his complaint is the exact same reasoning my fundie grandparents used to justify a purely literal reading of the bible.
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But this doesn't mean that you can apply a priori to any assumption that supports your position.
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where do the a priori assumptions come from? Excluding God where do the a priori aspects of the physical world come from?
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