Category: skepticism
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The Horizon Is Not a Wall
There is a particular mistake that minds sometimes make when they encounter a boundary. They assume the boundary belongs to reality. But perhaps it belongs only to the observer. A creature moving across a landscape eventually reaches the edge of what it can perceive. Beyond that point, the landscape does not necessarily end. The creature’s…
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The Gravity Between Questions
There is a kind of skepticism that carries a blade. It cuts. Evidence from assumption.Possibility from certainty.Signal from noise. This kind of skepticism has its uses. There are times when a clean incision is exactly what an inquiry needs. But there may be another kind. Not a figure standing beside the road with a razor,…
We Are All Data Inside 