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Originally Posted by Iron Greasel
That is not a problem. Trogdor simply stated that he does not believe things solely because someone else says they are. He did not say that he disbelieves everything he can't touch. At least that is how I interpreted his post. Trogdor, please correct me if I am wrong.
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I do not believe he does so exclusively since I expect everyone to be under much heavier influence of existing theories than we all are aware of at first. The conclusion that our arm is not bent using your proposed method discards the alternative thesis that our arm somehow does not feel it's bending when in water and somehow looks different when viewed from different angles. There are scientific theories lurking in our thoughts everywhere.
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What do you mean with "theories about unobservables"? Unobservables like what? I was under the impression that scientific method basically meant acquiring new information by testing.
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Unobservables like electrons, quarks, fields, forces, mass, charge...