I agree but from a different perspective – the whole concept of truth vs. an operational and tentative understanding.
When I wrote about VoIP (https://rmf.vc/VoIPInflection), the interesting question is where does the meaning of “hello” come from since the packets being exchanged and meaningless out of context and none are necessary – the word itself does not exist in the “between” yet is being communicated. (There are similar results in psycholinguistics and in the tokenization of LLMs). This is the kind of question that doesn’t fit into a simple falsifiability model, nor does religion seem to have a way to deal with it, yet it is fundamental to our current reality. I’d appreciate pointers to where these kind of questions are being asked and addressed. From: Silklist <silklist-bounces+silklist=bobf.frankston....@lists.digeratus.in> On Behalf Of Tim Bray via Silklist Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 01:00 To: Intelligent conversation <silklist@lists.digeratus.in> Cc: Tim Bray <tb...@textuality.com> Subject: Re: [Silk] A religion for atheists This atheist firmly rejects the notion that atheism is “another religion” or at some level is conceptually equivalent to it. There are two quite distinct modes of perceiving the universe - one lens rests on immutable eternal truths, and the other on beliefs which are consciously contingent and provisional. I think they really have very little in common. On Jan 15, 2024 at 8:24:20 PM, Alok Singh via Silklist <silklist@lists.digeratus.in <mailto:silklist@lists.digeratus.in> > wrote: On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 8:47 AM Tomasz Rola via Silklist <silklist@lists.digeratus.in <mailto:silklist@lists.digeratus.in> > wrote: So, for me, there is no need for "religion for atheist" because atheists are religious already... I too see no tension between atheism and religiosity. It has been said that the ability to keep mutually incompatible concepts in one mind at a time is human. Though I feel that when I can work with seemingly incompatible concepts in my mind, I'd found the commonality between the ideas. The only truly incompatible ideas seem to be opinions. -- Silklist mailing list Silklist@lists.digeratus.in <mailto:Silklist@lists.digeratus.in> https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist
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