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CanSocDem

(3,286 posts)
7. Yes.
Fri Jan 8, 2016, 08:36 AM
Jan 2016

And though there are many points in your post to consider, if I am going to post a reply today I better start with the easy ones.

"I have no way to validate my perceptions as being accurate representations of reality, so my decision is not to believe that they do. Instead, I act in day-to-day life as if they do, since that works well enough..."

I agree. One doesn't really need a science background or even a high school education to slide easily through life. You make do with what you see and believe to be true. It "works well enough". Up until you perceive something unbelievable. What then....ignore it???

Or see where it and all other beliefs come from...


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