On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 12:23 AM, Brent Meeker <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On 10/25/2015 9:48 PM, Jason Resch wrote: > > > > On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 11:05 PM, Bruce Kellett <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> The only sort of existence for which we have concrete evidence is >> physical existence. We can understand imaginary things, but we have no >> direct evidence for their existence -- certainly not for their physical >> existence. >> > > Do you acknowledge that we have no evidence that such things do not exist? > And therefore, we should at least remain agnostic on the idea rather than > reject the idea out of hand? > > > Hmm? Shall I be agnostic about the existence of a teapot orbiting > Jupiter? I have no evidence it doesn't exist. I wonder if Jason Resch is > really a very cleverly programmed chatbot? Maybe I'll be agnostic about it. > In both those cases you do have evidence: your knowledge about how matter organizes itself, and the current state of AI. To say other realities/structures besides our universe exist is something you have absolutely zero evidence for. Jason -- 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.
