Well then, if philosophers must be more cautious about their philosophies, because observable evidence might prove them wrong, then this goes equally for the physicist’s arguments as well: Observable evidence might prove him wrong in the future. Since it is always true that “You might be wrong”, then it is never valid to say you can prove that two particles are exactly the same, since future theories or evidence may show there are properties of a particle we just don’t know about yet, and how to test for them. Therefore Eliezer’s argument against Philosopher Bob is also wrong, making me wonder what exactly the point of this post was in the first place, other than the obvious “Observable evidence might prove you wrong” (no offense meant)
Well then, if philosophers must be more cautious about their philosophies, because observable evidence might prove them wrong, then this goes equally for the physicist’s arguments as well: Observable evidence might prove him wrong in the future. Since it is always true that “You might be wrong”, then it is never valid to say you can prove that two particles are exactly the same, since future theories or evidence may show there are properties of a particle we just don’t know about yet, and how to test for them. Therefore Eliezer’s argument against Philosopher Bob is also wrong, making me wonder what exactly the point of this post was in the first place, other than the obvious “Observable evidence might prove you wrong” (no offense meant)