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Originally Posted by JrKASperov
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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Yes, I admit that what other people tell you may influence your thoughts. You can still at least try to not believe everything anyone says.
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Originally Posted by JrKASperov
Unobservables like electrons, quarks, fields, forces, mass, charge...
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But you can observe those. You can either measure an electron's position or its momentum, but in either case you know it is there. You can see the force in the effect it has on an object; Toss a rock in the air and it will come back down. If something affects something else, you can observe it. If it does not, then it does not really exist for most purposes.