Reality Is Very Weird and You Need to Be Prepared for That
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Reality Is Very Weird and You Need to Be Prepared for That
something radically contrary to common sense must be true about the fundamental structures of the mind and the world, while leaving us poorly equipped to determine where exactly the truth lies among the various weird possibilities.
Eric Schwitzgebel • The Weirdness of the World
Debbie Foster added
If you have a theory that’s been working pretty well for a while — it made good predictions, it solved real problems, it explained a lot of mysteries — you should stick with it in the face of apparent contradictions, at least for a while. When you hit a snag with a reliable theory, think “maybe it’s complicated” instead of “oh it’s wrong”. It may s... See more
Patricia • The Rabbit Hole 🕳🐇 issue no.50
IN MODERN thought the awareness that there is something out there that we are not yet awake enough to see is the engine that drives the investigative mind. Relentless and systematic questioning: this is the spirit of scientific intelligence. In this spirit we dissect to see what connects, we dismember to understand the whole, we kill to catch life
... See moreAlex Dobrenko added
Something radically strange and counterintuitive must be true about the relationship between mind and world.
Eric Schwitzgebel • The Weirdness of the World
Debbie Foster added
It is easy to fit completely different explanations to the observed facts. Don’t trust any interpretation of reality that isn’t able to predict.
Scott Adams • Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter
I’m not saying material life isn’t a thing. I drink H20 and shit entropy like the rest of the species. I’m saying it’s a lot weirder than we’ve dreamt of in any of these peer-reviewed philosophies. Physics is great. I love satellites and semiconductor chips. But we are, um, aware it’s incomplete, and we can’t begin to describe more if we don’t even... See more
Kristin Posehn • Psychic Shit Happens All The Time
Stuart Evans added
if everything seems to make perfect sense—train yourself to stop and repeat: It is impossible as I state it, and therefore I must in some respect have stated it wrong. Then go back and restate it from the beginning and in a different fashion than you did the first time around. Out loud instead of silently. In writing instead of in your head. It wil
... See moreMaria Konnikova • Mastermind
Kaustubh Sule added
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