Jan 23 2010
On that chair you’re sitting in
You can have whatever view of reality you want, and that’s OK. Because we need a diversity of views of reality to have a good society.
Or are those two statements really true, in reality? How might we know, how might we find out? What if there’s an objective reality we can all agree on. Let’s call it… I don’t know, “objective reality”. The chair you’re sitting on, if I were there, if “AI” were there, might agree – that chair exists. How aggravating might it be if one were to come in to the room and contend that your chair were not there! “Unbelievable.” — you might say. “How rude.” — you might say. “Do you not believe in the laws of physics, gravity?” — you might ask. And you might be right. “How objectively unbelievable.”“How objectively rude.”
“Do you not believe in objectively existent phenomenon?” “Good statements, good questions.” — I might say. And I might be objectively right.
No comments? Might be some elsewhere: cross-posted via web on my Posterous here.
