• Klear@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    I personally define reality as any measurement that a machine (computer or robot) can take. As such, there is an objective reality.

    Is there? How do you determine whether the machine doing the measurements is real?

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      5 days ago

      The face punch method, (not a personal attack just a rather crude if effective philisophical tool) aka if I repeatedly punch you in the face you have a hard time continuing to argue that my fist is not real, or at the very least real enough for practical purposes. Personal involvment makes the situation a lot less abstract.

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        5 days ago

        Oh, I never argued that fist are not a good way to determine reality, but calling your fist a machine is cringe.

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          5 days ago

          Technically the person being punched is the machine in this situation, the fist is the thing being measured.