Ruveyn -
I am not clear what that is in aid of, but:
Yes, I [continue to] operate on the working hypothesis that I exist [Descartes or nay] and that the world I seem to think I perceive exists.
There is no clear proof of any of that, but there seems no advantage theoretical or practical to accepting the opposite.
AND, yes, I agree, and have many times pointed out, there is no proof - as long as I am INSIDE the system - that the universe did not come into existence, complete with navel, this very microsecond, nor that it will not flick out of existence as I type the next lett
If I could remember numbers, names and titles [words I am good at] I would refer you to the interesting sci fi tale which hypothesized a universe on a kind of AC principle - alternating slices of existence / non existence imperceptible like the sequence of frames in the cinema.
NOTE -
If you are going to live in this world, you cannot insist on PROOF - all the evidence is not inside the cage. I live off best working hypothesis.
25 Nov 2010, 1:10 pm
