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-misanthroptimist

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6. That's naked assertion

Reply to applegrove (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 31, 2026, 03:23 AM

Yesterday

You are, whether you realize it or not, asserting that we know everything about, "physical laws (e.g., gravity), mathematical truths and events that happened regardless of interpretation (e.g., historical dates)." Please demonstrate that no further knowledge exists about any or all of these.

It can't be done. All we can say about any of them is that we have reached the soundest conclusions possible with the evidence that we currently possess.

This is not a weakness. It is a strength, perhaps the greatest strength of the Scientific Method.

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Good meme on science: [View all] applegrove Monday OP

Saved so I can enjoy reading it again calimary Yesterday #1

AMEN!!! BurnDoubt Yesterday #2

I would have said "seeking" but "finding" works because it does happen occasionally. littlemissmartypants Yesterday #3

There is this idea out there that there are immutable, eternal facts. -misanthroptimist Yesterday #4

Tell that to the astronauts about to go to the dark side of the moon. applegrove Yesterday #5

That's naked assertion -misanthroptimist Yesterday #6

No I am not asserting that we know all the laws applegrove Yesterday #7

Okay. Then we've had a bit of a miscommunication. -misanthroptimist Yesterday #8