It's strange. You speak about the way _you_ think and behave as if that's the way _I_ think and behave. Can we all say "vainglorously" together? 8^)
I can tell you unflinchingly and honestly that I DO doubt that the floor is still under my feet when I put my legs out of the bed in the morning. If you don't doubt it, then you are governed by faith and convinced by things you believe. Even IF you know precisely what Peirce WOULD say (which we can doubt), it still doesn't mean Peirce was right. Yeah, it's likely he was way smarter than me. But that doesn't mean he knows what I do and don't doubt. I doubt nearly everything about myself on a continual basis. I doubt my strength. I doubt my intelligence. I doubt every purchase I've ever made. I doubt that Renee' will stay with me. I doubt everything on a continual basis. So, you (or Peirce) are clearly flat-out wrong. It seems very arrogant to stumble along thinking your expectations are somehow important enough to remain true. On 09/21/2017 12:48 PM, Nick Thompson wrote: > Peirce would say, for the most part, we cannot live in doubt. We cannot > doubt that the floor is still under our feet when we put our legs out of the > bed in the morning or that the visual field is whole, even though our eyes > tell us that there are two gian holes in it. Every perception is doubtable > in the sense that Feynman so vaingloriously lays out here, yet for the most > part we live in a world of inferred expectations which are largely confirmed. > Like the other Feynman quote, it is wise only when we stipulate what is > absurd about it and make something wise and noble of what is left. -- ☣ gⅼеɳ ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
