From: dnomhcir@gmx.com   
      
   D  writes:   
      
   > On Tue, 4 Mar 2025, Richmond wrote:   
   >   
   >> D  writes:   
   >>   
   >>> I'm a materialist agnostic, or an agnostic materialist. As such, I   
   >>> reject any speculation that does not result in empirically verifiable   
   >>> predictions.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> What do you do about inflation theory, which, although it makes   
   >> verifiable predictions, also predicts parallel universes which cannot be   
   >> verified?   
   >   
   > Easy! They do not, as far as we can know, exist. They are speculation,   
   > perhaps inference, but ultimately meaningless, since it does not   
   > result in any empirical proof.   
   >   
   > We could be wrong, we might not translate between numbers and language   
   > correctly, we might not even have the language to correctly understand   
   > what the nrs are telling us, it could be pink unicorns. You   
   > see... once you admit anything besides empirical proof, you open up an   
   > infinite metaphysical landscape that allows all kinds of absurdities,   
   > and eternal doubt.   
   >   
   > I'll stick to the material world and empirical proof. Anything beyond   
   > the material world, anything super-natural, I can safely disregard   
   > until empirical proof is presented.   
   >   
   > This has not happend for about 2500 years and I expect that it never   
   > will. =)   
   >   
      
   I can see some problems with this, like being a blind man who does not   
   believe in light, how is it he bumps into things, and others do not?   
      
   And do we regard what we see in telescopes and microscopes as empirical?   
   or should we suspect some deception?   
      
   And why do we regard the senses as reliable and direct, when we know   
   that everything which comes from the senses is processed by the brain,   
   so that we actually live in our own model of the world, not in the world   
   as it is.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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