@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 29 days agoWhat are your favorite and or famous thought experiments?message-square4fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down10file-text
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-228 days agoMy favorite is probably Russell’s teapot, but Daniel Dennett had some good ones in the intuition pump book too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell’s_teapot It demonstrates the burden of proof is on the person making claims, including if the claim is unfalsifiable.
My favorite is probably Russell’s teapot, but Daniel Dennett had some good ones in the intuition pump book too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell’s_teapot
It demonstrates the burden of proof is on the person making claims, including if the claim is unfalsifiable.