ciphergoth comments on Open Thread: December 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ciphergoth 08 January 2010 11:00:32AM 0 points [-]

Not only is there no proof, there isn't even any evidence for it. Any effort to collect evidence for it leaves you assuming what you're trying to prove. This is the "problem of induction" and there is no solution; however, since you are built to be incapable of not applying induction and you couldn't possibly make any decisions without it.