“The whole matter would be a lot simpler, admittedly, if we could just rule out the existence of entities we can’t interact with, once and for all—have the universe stop existing at the edge of our telescopes. But this requires us to be very silly.
Why? If I believe that the universe doesn’t exist outside my future and past light cones, then I don’t expect any difference in experiences than you, so I really don’t see what the point of arguing about it is.
“The whole matter would be a lot simpler, admittedly, if we could just rule out the existence of entities we can’t interact with, once and for all—have the universe stop existing at the edge of our telescopes. But this requires us to be very silly.
Why? If I believe that the universe doesn’t exist outside my future and past light cones, then I don’t expect any difference in experiences than you, so I really don’t see what the point of arguing about it is.