jet@hackertalks.com to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoWhat is the strongest theory in science?message-squaremessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up120arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the strongest theory in science?jet@hackertalks.com to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square41fedilinkfile-text
Theories are just theories, but some theories have more weight then others - what theory do you find the most credible?
minus-squarepruwyben@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoThe theory that something exists. Lots of evidence for that one.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days 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-up3·4 days 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-squarecloudless@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoIt’s experience, not a thing, that we call awareness.
The theory that something exists. Lots of evidence for that one.
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.