• afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
    3·
    1 year ago

    I suppose

    Difference between me and you. I know, you suppose. Nice attempt at strawmannning by the way. Ding ding ding logixal fallacy ding ding ding

    information beyond your ability to sense is impossible,

    Nope. I hold no such belief. I have consistently mentioned in this thread the nature of the lack of evidence and you have attempted that to get me to lower my standards instead of presenting it.

    your love of science and rationality has twisted into science fundamentalism.

    I have been called much worse by much better.

    You remind me of myself in my youth. Humility certainly gets easier with age. I recommend dialing back the antagonism a bit, I warn you that in 10, 15 years you’re going to look back and cringe.

    Ok Grandpa thanks for the fucking life advice

    f you’re anything like I was, that warning won’t make a difference though. It’s strange being on the other side. I wish it could be otherwise, but it’s unlikely. I suppose if there were a way to effectively communicate this, then I could’ve been spared a great deal of bitterness when I was younger. Alas.

    Wouldn’t worry about it. I know myself pretty decently and doubt I will ever fall to mystical wishful thinking. But hey I could get dementia one day in which case you can explain to mentally crippled me all about your shadow people. While I sit there and think it is 1998.

      • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        Certainty is irrational.

        Are you certain of that? If so it is irrational. Are you not certain of that? That means you can’t assert it.

        Any attempt to claim that knowledge doesn’t exist or that reason isn’t rational is always doomed to failure.

          • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
            1·
            1 year ago

            I don’t click random links. If you got an argument go ahead and make it. You shouldn’t need someone to do your thinking for you even if you believe knowledge is impossible.

            • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
              1·
              1 year ago

              I don’t have the time or energy to explain the fundamentals of science to you. Karl Popper did so extensively already.

              Ultimately, your behavior and beliefs are your business. I was just trying to offer some insight from the perspective of someone who used to have the same beliefs and behavior. Like I said, I don’t particularly expect you to listen. I wouldn’t have.