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RE: Scientific Evidence Shouldn't Dictate Your Opinion... But It SHOULD Guide It - A Response to Kyriacos' Post (Part 1)
I don't have the time or the mental energy to engage with him and try to show him that what he's been saying is hogwash. His worldview is premised on the notion that nothing can be knowable with certainty, which, of course, means that this premise can never be falsified.
We can postulate whether the universe actually exists or whether it's some elaborate simulation, a hallucination, a holograph, etc., but none of that is meaningful. Even if we assumed that the universe doesn't exist until you observe, what difference does that make? Our observations can be compounded and predictive models generated, like you said.
I fell much the same. The only reason I bothered writing this is because of how shocking it was that it seemed to have so much support.
It's as you say, it's not like we can falsify his main premise. Thanks for reading and for the well articulated response.
The level of support for that worldview is the reason a number of my friends, who are not moral relativists and don't ascribe to these ideas, are no longer on this platform. Hopefully, now that more of the wealth and voting power is distributed into more hands, their power is less intense.