• DarkCloud@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Did you run this by Clippy? Or at least, by the history of nation states and religious wars?

    Because some very unverifiable and in that sense “unreal” beliefs have had some very meaningful and pivotal roles in history and civilization.

    Thought-acts and speech acts can make the metaphysical meaningful, and have done so throughout human history.

    … remember how I said our species wasn’t soley rational?

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      5 months ago

      Because some very unverifiable and in that sense “unreal” beliefs have had some very meaningful and pivotal roles in history and civilization.

      That’s besides the point though, and I think that’s what you’re not getting.

      Forget humans exist, what exists then? Rationality has nothing to do with this. Secondly, why is the nature of reality impinged on human rationality or lack there of? Doesn’t make sense, sorry.