Knowledge with certainty is possible. Certainty means you know something for sure. Knowledge with certainty is justified knowledge. There is a method to arrive at justified knowledge. Consensus is when we agree with each other about what we know for sure. Consensus is the foundation for civilization and justified knowledge is the foundation for consensus.
If justified knowledge = knowing for sure, were impossible, then nihilism would rule, logical contradiction would rule, infinite regress would rule, and there would be no foundation for human civilization, personal happiness, or hope for humans to live in harmony with each other and with nature.
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Popper, Yudkowsky, and virtually all scientists, certainly all who endorse the doctrine of physicalism, particularly the false metaphysical assumption of physical closure, fall into the merciless jaws of fatal logical contradiction; reification and infinite regress.
What they all miss is natural a-priori, specifically, natural a-priori axioms.
If you read Yudkowsky’s statement carefully, I believe you will notice several errors, at least once I point them out for you.
See my (Al Link) Substack posts for an expanded discussion:
Less Wrong platform and author Yudkowsky, on Rationality and Justified Knowledge Certainty
https://allink.substack.com/p/justified-knowledge-certainty-and-f4b
Natural a-priori Axioms
https://allink.substack.com/p/justified-knowledge-certainty-and
Knowledge with certainty is possible. Knowledge with certainty is justified knowledge. There is a method to arrive at justified knowledge.
It is impossible that truth is impossible. It is impossible that existence is impossible. True + exist is my definition of real. It is impossible that real is impossible. It is impossible that reality is impossible.
Justified knowledge certainty is not only possible, it is necessary, it could not, not exist. It is necessary that we can know the truth about existence, precisely because true and exist are real, and real means true and exist are ultimately simultaneous = everywhere all-at-once, even if only some of us know that with certainty. If someone does... (read more)
Hello Eliezer, glad to have some interaction with you about these vital ideas. I was excited that you bothered to comment on my post, but alas, my excitement was shut down rather prematurely, when I tried to reply to your comment with another post (longer than I want to place in a comment box), but was blocked from doing so.
Apparently my “downvote karma” is -24 for my post “Secret Cosmos: Introduction,” and my total karma is -30 based upon my two previous short posts, when I first opened my LessWrong account (three post total so far, not counting my bio post; I don’t think anyone can downvote a bio page). I guess... (read more)