On 10 March 2014 17:39, Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote:
> > If I ask you to measure the value of alpha to 5 significant places, > and I was to measure the same thing, then we can compare > notes. Intrasubjective consistency predicts that we should get the > same numerical value. Moreover, it would predict that we cannot find > somebody who gets a different result, provided they followed the > physical measurement protocol correctly. > Well, yes. And FAPP we all agree on this. The same can be said if we both agree that there is a particular type of tree outside the window, for example, etc. But surely that doesn't actually prove I didn't dream your agreement (or whatever else could go wrong with intersubjective consistency) ? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
