tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204863782883637837.post7392084156967808834..comments2024-03-19T02:55:44.021-04:00Comments on Accepting Ignorance: Immediate Corollories of Axiom OneAlrenoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11119846531341190283noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204863782883637837.post-21857059368261853952014-04-18T08:13:52.537-04:002014-04-18T08:13:52.537-04:00I don't know how to add an RSS for the comment...I don't know how to add an RSS for the comments. You can subscribe to them when you comment, though. I don't mind if you leave a comment just to subscribe. There's an email associated with your g+ account, isn't there?<br /><br />Alrenoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11119846531341190283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204863782883637837.post-81405216823280498522014-04-17T21:57:39.596-04:002014-04-17T21:57:39.596-04:00Sorry, just some questions, can I somehow get a fe...Sorry, just some questions, can I somehow get a feed from your comments section. I keep forgetting that I have actually left messages on your site, and then remembering way later.<br /><br />I like reading your blog whether or not it seems that I often disagree with what you say.<br /><br /> I have you on an rss feed for the blog, but not the comments.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11010170449210014578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204863782883637837.post-27381345000687517792014-04-17T21:52:29.230-04:002014-04-17T21:52:29.230-04:00"Why do you trust the appearance of cartograp..."Why do you trust the appearance of cartography but not the appearance of the territory? "<br /><br />I do not trust the appearance of cartography, because there is nothing that appears. You mean particular maps etc?<br /><br />Also, <br /><br />"The earth appears flat because it is."<br />False. The Earth is spherical, this is the only explanation that makes sense of the data.<br /><br /> "Except at the shallowest level, this kind of relationship is basically always true, unless a human is intentionally obfuscating it."<br /><br />I am not sure what you mean "shallowest level" and I am not sure what you mean by "this basic relationship is always true." What relationship?<br /><br />"unless a human is intentionally obfuscating it."<br /><br />This is either an ad-hominem fallacy or a poisoning the well fallacy. Can't I think it is not true simply because I have reason to do so, or does this fall into your blindspot of the difference between truth and honesty again? If you have some criticisms of what I amsaying can you try to be a little more direct about why what I am saying is false or stemming from misunderstanding.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11010170449210014578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204863782883637837.post-44305310163292216122013-02-11T14:01:29.742-05:002013-02-11T14:01:29.742-05:00The earth appears flat because it is. Except at th...The earth appears flat because it is. Except at the shallowest level, this kind of relationship is basically always true, unless a human is intentionally obfuscating it.<br /><br />Why do you trust the appearance of cartography but not the appearance of the territory? Alrenoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11119846531341190283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204863782883637837.post-86506846762090078602013-02-09T17:11:56.465-05:002013-02-09T17:11:56.465-05:00The fallacy clearly indicates that appearances are...The fallacy clearly indicates that appearances aren't always definitive; beacuse people see things differently, the only way out of this is a recourse to science. Your post resolves itself to a truism, which I personally find unsatisfying, but that is my bias.<br /><br />"Alternatively, in the ways in which it appears flat, it might as well be."<br /><br />alternatively: In some places the earth is flat, but overall it is spherical. <br /><br />This has nothing to do with how it "appears", It is substantiated by both cartography and physics, do you need evidence?<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204863782883637837.post-56572108206236711732012-11-19T21:48:20.138-05:002012-11-19T21:48:20.138-05:00The world does not appear to be flat to me. The cu...The world does not appear to be flat to me. The curvature is plainly visible from any high point. <br /><br />Alternatively, in the ways in which it appears flat, it might as well be.Alrenoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11119846531341190283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204863782883637837.post-67907288248211846822012-11-17T12:40:19.002-05:002012-11-17T12:40:19.002-05:00The world appears to be flat. Ergo, it is.
Do yo...The world appears to be flat. Ergo, it is.<br /><br /><br />Do you see the fallacy?<br /><br />I did find your first post about the axiom interesting; I just don't think that axiomatic reasoning has any real worth outside of mathematics or formal logic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com