Matthew2 comments on The Parable of Hemlock - Less Wrong

32 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 03 February 2008 02:01AM

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Comment author: Matthew2 03 February 2008 05:59:26PM 0 points [-]

You mean by those last two lines that logic offer's no 'grounding' to reality and only empirical probability does? Since truth does not depend upon us, what does it depend upon? Well, the truth depends on circumstance if utilizing probability theory and empiricism. Since their is no absolute way of knowing their is also no absolute way of knowing how unlucky or lucky our circumstances are in favoring truth.

Sure, reality is non-dependent. But the nature of our circumstances are very dependent...upon that which we cannot measure. Our position in the universe.

And caledonian, if you were arguing with a theist you would have lost by now.