cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhat are your favorite and or famous thought experiments?message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squarewhotookkarl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 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.