![]() ![]() ![]() And it makes no sense to further ask whether I’m really tall or not. So in that context, the sentence is false. But at the try-outs for the Harlem Globetrotters, my measly 5’11" won’t cut it. Surrounded by five year olds at a rollercoaster park, the sentence is true – after all, I can get on all the rides and they can’t. To understand what this is, we first must understand a familiar idea: context shift. I recommend letting philosophy do the work. I remember thinking, ‘These are people who truly value knowledge, and they do so at a real cost-social stigma.I recommend against doing that. On another level, it seemed to me that some of the method used by this supposedly ridiculous group was far closer to the method of the aforementioned giants than what we see today from science as a whole. Something about it just resonated with me-not only on a personal level, but also on a strictly logical level. During this period of study and examination I came to some literature from the Flat Earth Society. ![]() This led me to a lengthy study into various ways we view the world, both orthodox and unorthodox, and their rational consequences and foundations. One could say like many today that up to this point I was standing on the shoulders of giants, but I had a deaf ear to both what they had to say about the matter as well as what assumptions they had to take to lead them to their position. “One day while walking in the woods as a young man I had a notable experience that lead me to question everything I’ve taken for granted as true over the years all those things we simply accept without properly examining their logical and rational basis and foundations. ![]()
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