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Comment author: entirelyuseless 02 December 2015 04:49:31PM 0 points [-]

"What could possibly be your motivation for sticking to your intuitions anyway?"

I have a theory which explains why you believe there was a past. It is that the world was created five minutes ago with false memories of a historical past. This theory shows why you would feel the way you do even if it didn't reflect the truth. So what could possibly be your motivation for sticking to your intuitions anyway?

Because it is also possible that your intuitions are right, even if there are theories that could explain them even if they were wrong.