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Old 04-01-2011, 06:09 PM   #165
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Originally Posted by blankall View Post
If you knew enought about science, you would no that nothing can ever be 100% certain. Every principle in science is in some way based on belief. That belief may be based on extensive evidence, but it is belief nonetheless.
They're not called beliefs though, they're called provisions or assumptions, and really there are very few of them.

1) Stuff exists, solipsists don't get to play.

2) Stuff is consistent, i.e. there isn't someone behind the scenes pulling strings to change the rules on the fly.

That's all I can think of, got any other examples?
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