Breatharianism Mega-Thread

[zurew]

You still have 0 reply to the problem of induction.

Yes reality is reality, hardware is hardware, but you have no clue what rules reality has, you just assume that you are right about those rules beyond any doubt, and the reason why you are pushed on this, is because epistemically you cant accept the fact that you can be wrong about this.

12 hours ago, UnbornTao said:

Notice again how I say something like going without water for years is nonsense, and some of you may respond with all kinds of abstract arguments as reaction to it. What's underlying that?

What got us here is your 100% credence talk ,where you think you cant be wrong on this topic. Notice that I only wanted you to say "I can be wrong about this" - but you cant say that. You understand that you saying that "I can be wrong on this", from that doesnt follow, that you are commited to the position that breatharianism is likely to be true, right? 

 

Do you know why the snakeoil salesman shit works in philosophy and spirituality? It works, because people have unwarranted high credence in mystical shit. Do you know whats ironic about that? The fact that you have an unjustifiably high credence in your position. Do you know what the solution to that is? Its to reflect on what you actually know and what justifications you have for your positions and to iteratively improve on your knowledge and iteratively update your credence on things.

Saying that there is room for error doesnt commit you to getting fucked over by snakeoil salesman, but it gives you room to update on your beliefs about reality if and when enough evidence / a good argument is provided. In certain cases it might actually be the case that its impossible to change your position on certain things, given all the pragmatic and epistemic limitations we have, but even in those cases the conclusion isn't that you are right beyond any doubt, the conclusion is that given those limitations you won't change your position on certain things, but thats still compatible with you being wrong about those things.

 

Stop and actually reflect on how do you know that breatharianism is false beyond any doubt - again not just that it is more than likely to be false, but reflect on how do you know with 100% confidence that it is false. Check what actual justifications you have for that and how that actually warrants a 100% credence.

 

 

Edited Friday at 12:28 PM by zurew