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Re:A growing number of philosophers are conducting experimen... by crispyporkbites on Friday May 04, 2018 @09:09AM (#16994283)
> whatever we think about what it is or how it works has little bearing on what it actually is

We are a part of this world, so if you accept that you must accept that how you think about the world is a part of the definition and state of the world itself.

Which quickly leads to the conclusion that it is impossible to reason about a system from inside the system with absolutely certainty.

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Re:A growing number of philosophers are conducting experimen... by loup-vaillant on Friday May 04, 2018 @02:23PM (#16996946)
> We are a part of this world,

Hence "little", instead of "no".

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