On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 10:31:21AM -0800, Edgar L. Owen wrote: > Russell, > > Just to answer your question below of what evidence for humans each > simulating external reality in their minds, there are vast amounts of > evidence for that in cognitive science. It's not an assumption as you > assert, but something any cognitive scientist would agree with....
You have misread my question. I asked what evidence was there for an external reality independent of humans, that you so confidently asserted, rather than an intersubjective reality. > > Edgar Owen wrote: > > > I think the correct view is that reality is independent of human > > > perception, that it being functioning quite fine for 13.7 billion years > > > before humans came along. But that humans each have their own internal > > > VIEWS or SIMULATIONS of reality, which they mistake for actual human > > > independent reality. > > > Russell STandish asked: > > > > What evidence do you offer for this assumption? > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected] University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
