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Wife’s Instant Rejection Of Simulation
- Pat relates how his wife immediately rejected the simulation idea as absurd, exemplifying common-sense intuitions.
- He uses that reaction to show ordinary deep intuitions support trusting our faculties.
Start With Reliable Cognitive Faculties
- Begin epistemology assuming our cognitive faculties are generally reliable rather than doubting everything.
- Treat senses and intuitions as 'innocent until proven guilty' to avoid crippling skepticism.
Simulation Hypothesis Self-Defeats Via Fake Science
- The simulation hypothesis relies on scientific knowledge produced inside a possibly fake world, making its inferences to 'real' computer capacities unreliable.
- That dependence creates a special self-defeat distinct from generic skeptical scenarios.