buybuydandavis comments on A rational unfalsifyable believe - Less Wrong

1 Post author: Arielgenesis 25 July 2016 02:15AM

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Comment author: Arielgenesis 28 July 2016 05:56:43AM 0 points [-]

Well... That's part of the story. I'm sure there is a term for it, but I don't know what. Something that the story gives and you accept it as fact.

Comment author: buybuydandavis 28 July 2016 12:06:52PM *  1 point [-]

That kind of knowledge is not part of the human condition. By making it a presupposition of your story, you render your hypothetical inapplicable to actual human life.

Comment author: Arielgenesis 29 July 2016 03:25:50AM 0 points [-]

I will have to copy paste my answer to your other comment:

Yes I could. I chose not to. It is a balance between suspension of disbelieve and narrative simplicity. Moreover, I am not sure how much credence should I put on recent cosmological theories that they will not be updated the future, making my narrative set up obsolete. I also do not want to burden my reader with familiarity of cosmological theories.

Am I not allowed to use such narrative technique to simplify my story and deliver my point? Yes I know it is out of touch with the human condition but I was hoping it would not strain my audiences' suspension of disbelieve.

Comment author: buybuydandavis 29 July 2016 09:23:14PM 1 point [-]

The problem is that the unrealistic simplification acts precisely on the factor you're trying to analyze - falsifiability. If you relax the unrealistic assumption, the point you're trying to make about falsifiabilty no longer holds.

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