Reply to Re: Are there any Objectivists out here?
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September 29th 2005, 02:25 AM
Lurkala
They used reason to reach that conclusion from the evidence that they had. Once we had more evidence, it became clear that it didn't work that way.
Because humans can never truly know the universe in it's entirety, that is why it is necessary to have theories rather than beliefs. Because beliefs insist that they are the truth, when the truth really is unknowable. Only parts of the truth are knowable. Theories take this ambiguity into account, which is much more objective than sticking to one's view of the way the universe works no matter what later evidence is presented.
To be truly objective, you would not believe anything, even Objectivism.
Because humans can never truly know the universe in it's entirety, that is why it is necessary to have theories rather than beliefs. Because beliefs insist that they are the truth, when the truth really is unknowable. Only parts of the truth are knowable. Theories take this ambiguity into account, which is much more objective than sticking to one's view of the way the universe works no matter what later evidence is presented.
To be truly objective, you would not believe anything, even Objectivism.
