From 847f7b0a3a2169002060167f2e6216af84fa208d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: murabito Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 10:28:41 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] i need to fix some formatting especially in that last post and edit my css so different levels of emphasis are displayed in different colours --- ...w-nothing-i-see-nothing-i-hear-nothing.markdown | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++ new-post | 2 + post-template.markdown | 6 ++ 3 files changed, 75 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _input/posts/2019-06-18-i-know-nothing-i-see-nothing-i-hear-nothing.markdown create mode 100755 new-post create mode 100644 post-template.markdown diff --git a/_input/posts/2019-06-18-i-know-nothing-i-see-nothing-i-hear-nothing.markdown b/_input/posts/2019-06-18-i-know-nothing-i-see-nothing-i-hear-nothing.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e585dac --- /dev/null +++ b/_input/posts/2019-06-18-i-know-nothing-i-see-nothing-i-hear-nothing.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +--- +title: "i know nothing; i see nothing; i hear nothing" +published: 2019-06-18 +--- + +## a brief explanation of a core philosophical belief of mine + +> i will be making a sincere effort to keep this as short as i +> possibly can. it will not be a thorough or comprehensive explanation +> worthy of the time i've spent just thinking about it, so don't judge +> it as such. it's a summary thrown together on the spot with little +> to no forethought. + +i titled this post using three recurring iconic quotes said by +sergeant schultz in the comedy television series **hogan's heroes** +which takes place in a wwii pow camp and that i highly recommend. but +the first one on there is basically the only logical conclusion i can +come up with when considering what the truth is and what it means to +really *know* something. to say one knows something, the way it is +generally understood, that person must be right. for example, a +flat-earther might say s/he knows the earth is flat. but to those who +do not think the earth is flat, the flat-earther doesn't actually know +that because they are wrong. in other words, the flat-earther *thinks* +they know the earth is flat but is simply wrong about knowing it. +another example to illustrate the implications of "knowing" something +being the truth: you remember putting setting your mobile phone down +in the kitchen and are so sure of it that you "know" it's there. only +it isn't when you go to retrieve it. you revise your thought from +knowing it was there to *thinking that you knew* it was there. it +wasn't knowledge, just an errant belief. + +to be able to truly know something (and i'm skipping a few steps +here), you must be able to logically prove it's truth with absolutely +no possibility of error. pure logic assumes nothing. the closest thing +to pure logic that i am aware of is maths. mathematics is based on six +assumptions, for example: + +` a + b = b + a` + +there is no mathematical proof for that statement. it's the basis for +other proofs. if something cannot be proven, it cannot truly be known, +because assuming something isn't the same as knowing something and +every belief is based on varying degrees of assumptions. i do believe +that it is likely that some things are more probable than others. the +odds i'm hallucinating writing this or that i don't exist except in +the sense that the only truly conscious being in existence (who +presumably is reading this article) can attach a fake persona to the +words and that persona is therefore me—are both low/improbable. + +> so… you're suggesting a paradox? + +actually, there is nothing paradoxical about what i've said. i don't +know if any of this is true, but i do believe it is. and because i +can't prove any of it without relying on assumption, i am willing to +easily accept that i may very well be wrong. if i thought it was +possible to know that nothing at all can be known, then i'd be +proposing a paradox. instead, what i'm proposing is a belief. i +imagine that when one believes this as well as accepts it, it is +likely they will have a more open mind and hopefully be able to admit +to others and oneself when mistakes are made. also, it's ok to change +your mind about things. you do it all the time. don't think just +because you stated something must be one way at one point you have to +stick to that belief forever. + +> i see nothing; i was not here; i did not even get up this morning! +>

~sgt schultz

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