Magnus,
With all that you said here, why couldn't, to
use your analogy, reality be the tent moves? Isn't
your analogy locking you into a certain answer? You
limited the tents movements to be from conditions
inside the tent or from outside the tent, correct?
You did say, "etc..." after this, but I don't know
what's in your "etc..." So, why not simply notice the
tent moves? For you go on to say, "...some may do a
better job than others explaining the fabric's
movements..." You could go on explaining the tents
movements or live the tents movements and thus, with
the latter know the tents movements more intimately,
don't you think?
You also say, you "...can never really let go of
the thought of finding out how the tent is *really*
held up." Again, the way you phrase this, limits you
to 'tent supports', and what holds the 'support', and
as Arlo frequently mentions paradoxes, I see your
questioning, Magnus, seems to be a way to bring
paradox upon paradox, don't you think?
I don't know what your trying to get at, please
clarify.
SA
Magnus:
...Our reality is the inside of a tent, we can only
see and interact with things on
the inside. However, from the inside, we see that
something is pulling the
fabric at a few places. We have no idea what it is and
can only hypothesize
about it. Some may think that the fabric is pushed
from the inside by some
unknown force, others think there's a giant on the
outside pulling the fabric, etc.
These different hypotheses are our different
metaphysics models, and some may do
a better job than others explaining the fabric's
movements. However, I can never
really let go of the thought of finding out how the
tent is *really* held up...
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