What I meant was, the moment anyone comes up with such a concept, it would appear so completely and undeniably sensible that it would instantly take hold as accepted truth and only become dislodged with great effort of the combined philosophical efforts of humanity’s greatest minds over thousands of years.
It’s not technically “default”, but that’s like saying a magnet is not attracted to a nearby piece of iron “by default” because there’s no nearby piece of iron implied by the existence of the magnet. It’s technically true, but it kind of misses the important description of a property of magnets.
What I meant was, the moment anyone comes up with such a concept, it would appear so completely and undeniably sensible that it would instantly take hold as accepted truth and only become dislodged with great effort of the combined philosophical efforts of humanity’s greatest minds over thousands of years.
It’s not technically “default”, but that’s like saying a magnet is not attracted to a nearby piece of iron “by default” because there’s no nearby piece of iron implied by the existence of the magnet. It’s technically true, but it kind of misses the important description of a property of magnets.