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<blockquote data-quote="newusername" data-source="post: 5993632" data-attributes="member: 562064">An argument already posed several times in this thread is that nothing can be truly known.&nbsp; There always exists the possibility that we learn something new that changes the way we looked at everything else, or that everything we see is a deception (or a simulation in our mind, or any other idea that`s been proposed in the past).In practice, however, there are a number of things that we can agree have such great certainty and probability that we can, and should, act as if they are true.&nbsp; For example, if we assume nothing is certain, we can assume that it is also possible that gravity is not real; maybe, like the Matrix, we can just turn it off by believing hard enough.&nbsp; But when you`re standing on top of a building, is it safe or reasonable to act as if it is not certain?&nbsp; We must assume what is reasonably probable is true, and act accordingly.Pascal`s wager lives, and dies, by the sword of epistemological agnosticism.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="newusername, post: 5993632, member: 562064"] An argument already posed several times in this thread is that nothing can be truly known. There always exists the possibility that we learn something new that changes the way we looked at everything else, or that everything we see is a deception (or a simulation in our mind, or any other idea that`s been proposed in the past). In practice, however, there are a number of things that we can agree have such great certainty and probability that we can, and should, act as if they are true. For example, if we assume nothing is certain, we can assume that it is also possible that gravity is not real; maybe, like the Matrix, we can just turn it off by believing hard enough. But when you`re standing on top of a building, is it safe or reasonable to act as if it is not certain? We must assume what is reasonably probable is true, and act accordingly. Pascal`s wager lives, and dies, by the sword of epistemological agnosticism. [/QUOTE]

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