Ep 132: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 7 ”A Conversation about Justification”. Part 2
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The Problem Isn't in Your Head
Philosophy is most interesting when you talk about problems of the now, not in the far distant future. The crypto inductorus says theories postulating anomalies without explaining them are less likely than their rivals to make true predictions. It's like a trolley problem r it's all in your head that you need to push the fat man off the bridge in order to save the others. This kind of stuff is solving no problem. I'm not saying anyone should not necessarily think about thing so that those things can't be fun. That's not part of serious philosophical discussion and rationality. As much as people want to get out on there and start talking about these things, you're not solving any
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