jet@hackertalks.com to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWhat is the strongest theory in science?message-squaremessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up119arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the strongest theory in science?jet@hackertalks.com to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square40fedilinkfile-text
Theories are just theories, but some theories have more weight then others - what theory do you find the most credible?
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoTake your pick. The world around you, your self, your own experience. Even if everything you observe is a simulation, or figment of your imagination, that still proves that something exists.
minus-squarecloudless@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoYour awareness exists, but that alone does not prove that anything else exists. Is awareness a thing? Awareness might just be happening without there being any things behind it.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agoYes, awareness is a thing.
minus-squarecloudless@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoIt’s experience, not a thing, that we call awareness.
But what is “something”?
Take your pick. The world around you, your self, your own experience. Even if everything you observe is a simulation, or figment of your imagination, that still proves that something exists.
Your awareness exists, but that alone does not prove that anything else exists. Is awareness a thing?
Awareness might just be happening without there being any things behind it.
Yes, awareness is a thing.
It’s experience, not a thing, that we call awareness.
Experience is a thing.