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Re:Why do people believe true things? by anotherape on Saturday August 17, 2024 @08:37PM (#41279225)
Would love some references for that to get started.

The question must touch on the nature of intelligence and conscious experience. How that connects to mathematics (and why even mathematics!)

Re:Why do people believe true things? by card_zero on Saturday August 17, 2024 @10:30PM (#41279688)
If you want to look it up on Wikipedia, the relevant page is "Why is there anything at all?"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_is_there_anything_at_all%3...

Re:Why do people believe true things? by lelandfe on Saturday August 17, 2024 @11:58PM (#41280026)
> No experiment could support the hypothesis "There is nothing" because any observation obviously implies the existence of an observer

Fun article, reminds me of how much I enjoyed philosophy classes in undergrad