XPost: alt.folklore.computers, alt.philosophy   
   From: vallor@vallor.earth   
      
   At Thu, 1 Jan 2026 13:09:10 +0000, The Natural Philosopher  wrote:   
      
   > On 01/01/2026 03:11, c186282 wrote:   
   > > I spoke of re-arranging the arcade of fun-house   
   > >    mirrors over and over and claiming to see some   
   > >    Great Truth through the current configuration.   
   > >    Kant is just one of those re-arrangers, tortures   
   > >    semantics and perspectives like so many others.   
   >   
   > The point us that metaphysics does not and never can reveal the Great   
   > Truth, in the terms in which the classical Realist wants it revealed,   
   > any more than can science.   
   >   
   > That was Hume's crucial point. The logic of induction or inference is   
   > unprovable.   
   >   
   > Kant thought around it and came up with a possible metaphysic that coped   
   > with that defect. (Which by definition, also could not be proved to be   
   > true).   
   >   
   > But, it works *better*.   
   >   
   > Metaphysics is the study of making (necessary) assumptions about the   
   > nature of the world and humanity, and seeing where those assumptions lead.   
   >   
   > In a sense Kant's Critique of Pure Reason was the prescience of the   
   > Problem Of Consciousness, and his remedy was Transcendental Idealism, a   
   > possible construction that made the equations balance, so to speak.   
   >   
   > Now,  centuries later, we probably need to look at it again.   
   >   
   > At that time the major metaphysical shift was to remove God from direct   
   > intervention in the world and create the metaphysics of Causality, and   
   > Natural Law.   
   >   
   > That allowed the pursuit of science, so well that it convinced many   
   > people that *the assumptions must be true*. The world really *was*   
   > 'separate things' connected by 'natural laws'  and 'Cause and Effect'.   
   >   
   > And our pursuit of these 'separate things' and the 'natural laws'   
   > governing them led to the absurdity of QM etc.   
   >   
   > The world apparently is just a big single quantum field, which only   
   > appears to resemble classical reality when we attempt to observe it. And   
   > so precisely what Kant said we did. Split it up into things and events   
   > all dancing in a space time theatre interceded by transforms of the   
   > inherent connectivity, that appear as 'causality'   
   >   
   > The problem is, what are we, doing all this interpretation and observation?   
      
   One idea...   
      
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6fcK_fRYaI&t=3s   
      
   (Kurzgesagt, "The Egg - A Short Story".  8:06 long.)   
      
   Summary:  "Multi-incarnate solipsism". ;)   
      
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