You pushed the inexplicable, the black box, into a system. Deities/the unknown forces come in all kinds of shapes and formats, not only judeochristian / abrahamic. Maybe it’s not a deity, but it’s where the magic we can’t explain happens.
We need axioms for anything, dude. I’m not anti-science, I just think all belief and knowledge is necessarily based in things that cannot be proven… and that’s ok.
We don’t need axioms for empiricism. That’s the entire point. We ask reality questions and infer limited and verifiable knowledge from the results, without ever stating that anything has been proven.
the_q@piefed.social 2 months ago
Explain how it’s a deity. I don’t worship it. It doesn’t give me purpose. It’s not a comfort.
Pudutr0n@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You pushed the inexplicable, the black box, into a system. Deities/the unknown forces come in all kinds of shapes and formats, not only judeochristian / abrahamic. Maybe it’s not a deity, but it’s where the magic we can’t explain happens. We need axioms for anything, dude. I’m not anti-science, I just think all belief and knowledge is necessarily based in things that cannot be proven… and that’s ok.
the_q@piefed.social 2 months ago
Fair enough.
crapwittyname@feddit.uk 2 months ago
We don’t need axioms for empiricism. That’s the entire point. We ask reality questions and infer limited and verifiable knowledge from the results, without ever stating that anything has been proven.
Pudutr0n@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You actually need axioms for everything except direct experience devoid of interpretation.
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That sounds a lot like you consider it a comfort.
Nothing isn’t peace, it’s nothing.
the_q@piefed.social 2 months ago
Fair enough.