Until a Cartesian Solipsist points out that your senses are inherently fallible, it is impossible to prove that you are not a Boltzmann Brain, and the only thing it is possible to know with certainty is that you exist, in your present moment of experience. You have no valid proof that you didn't run into a pole, let alone that other people are running into them more than you are, nor that the pole even exists.
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MissJinx@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 310d
dude i posted this and the evangelical sister of my sil replied AMEM. Wtf. do they even read the bible?
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 308d
I originally read your comment as "AHEM" due to the typo
Zuriz@sh.itjust.works · 26 pts · 310d
Blessed are the double blinded, for they will see Truth.
psud@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 309d
For they shall see causation too
perishthethought@piefed.social · 22 pts · 310d
Ramen.
n3m37h@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 310d
I was just touched by thy noodley appendage!!
BallShapedMan@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 310d
I need this as a T-shirt!
ickplant@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 310d
If you search Etsy for “evidence-based practice shirt”, you’ll see some options.
BallShapedMan@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 310d
Thank you!
KiwiTB@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 310d
Science based.
hoss@lemmynsfw.com · 6 pts · 309d
Peer review in principle: 👍
Peer review in practice: 🎲🎲
lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com · 5 pts · 309d
At least in medicine, evidence-based practice means more than peer review. It involves systematic review of a hierarchy of evidence.
Dasus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 310d
Empiricism doesn't work without reason, btw.
not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 310d
*citation required
Dasus@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 310d
Ironically, not a requirement.
If you're purely empirical/empiricist, you need at least one person to walk into a pole to prove it's there.
If you're a rationalist, you could rationalise where the poles are.
If you use both, you're likely to hit yourself less than when utilising only one or the other.
wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 308d
Until a Cartesian Solipsist points out that your senses are inherently fallible, it is impossible to prove that you are not a Boltzmann Brain, and the only thing it is possible to know with certainty is that you exist, in your present moment of experience. You have no valid proof that you didn't run into a pole, let alone that other people are running into them more than you are, nor that the pole even exists.
Randomgal@lemmy.ca · -2 pts · 310d
Imagine being such a fanatic that you behave like the fanatics you criticize.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 309d
You don't seem to understand the concept of "mockery"
Randomgal@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 309d
That's a lot of effort for "mockery". People generally don't spend time making art for things they don't care about.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 308d
It's not hard to figure out that the cross-stitcher really cares about annoying religious people
CXORA@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 309d
Do you see a lot of people criticising cross stitch?