[ExI] "create our own realities"
Bryan Bishop
kanzure at gmail.com
Fri Jan 11 23:01:19 UTC 2008
On Friday 11 January 2008, Mike Dougherty wrote:
> If I become convinced through some personal observation that deli
> mustard is poisonous, and refuse to consume it (and perhaps try to
> convince others to also avoid it) - am I 'creating' a new reality or
> am I simply delusional? A statistically significant population does
Your personal observation could be, for example, testing it via numerous
animal trials and perhaps on your own biopsy. But going to all that
trouble is, again, difficult (or so it seems- I've never found science
particularly hard, just that it requires a clear mind and resources.)
- Bryan
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