The sentence "observation is an act of cognition" says nothing at all! It's fucking ridiculous to then conclude that somehow what one sees is different from the truth of the thing in and of itself!Obvious Leo wrote:What evidence do you need? That an observation is an act of cognition is a completely uncontroversial proposition both in philosophy as well as in science. Therefore the convention is that the burden of proof lies with you. How on earth would you go about proving otherwise?surreptitious57 wrote: I see no evidence that what I experience is simply a mental construct and nothing else
Here's how you can validate that there is absolutely NO DIFFERENCE WHATSOEVER:
"LOOK" (sense one) at your hands right now. Now "FEEL" (sense two) your hands. They LOOK and FEEL EXACTLY the same; EXACTLY. Both senses corroborate the other. This bullshit that we are removed from the universe is utter new age metaphysical nonsense, the exact same thing as a belief in gods. FACT: we were CREATED by the universe, thus we cannot in ANYWAY be removed from it. That RELATIVE SIZE precludes our sensing of the extremely small or large is not grounds to then assume that what we sense is different than things in and of themselves. As a matter of FACT it proves RELATIVITY, HANDS DOWN, such that it can NEVER be disputed with CERTAINTY, EVER! RELATIVITY is a FACT!!!!!
Hold your hands apart, now bring them together, they touch as expected, you just witnessed them travelling through both SPACE & TIME, FACT!!!! Without SPACE there would be no such thing as INDIVIDUAL things, in and of themselves, EVERYTHING would be EVERYTHING, all combined into one thing, utter nonsense, as Leo and I would then not argue with one another as we'd be the EXACT same thing! Space is required for there to be anything more than one thing. I'm "here" and you are "there," spatially, but we are both "here" temporally, Leo!
Leo, look, I actually like you man, from one old hippy to another, we have at least a few things in common, enough for me to have an affinity towards you. And I understand your need to find something STRONG, in our LAST days, I FEEL that NEED too. I believe that EVERY really GOOD human feels it too. It's not just for our own glory alone, sure that's a very large part of it, it's how we can see ourselves living forever, so says Ernst Becker, a very good read indeed. That sheds light on the human being's needs. Actually his books subject matter is probably why there are so many far fetched theories circulating. This human need run-a-muck.
Back to the topic at hand, there is in fact, Time and Space, such as they are, we not necessarily understanding their maths, YET! You can in no way prove there is no space, we are not one in that way!
Sometimes, men, in order to serve their needs, invent concepts so amazing, that they don't even really understand them, they get lost in possibility, ignoring probability; the "Grand Illusion," of wanting to live forever, and knowing it's not possible, in any way that would actually please them!