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minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoSo a person doesn’t have to be physically present and interacting with something in order to know the physical properties of it.
minus-squarecynthorpe@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoI think it might be wet somewhere. But I am not there, and I cannot know unless I am there to experience the essence of wetness.
minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoI’m not going to put much faith into an argument on “what is wet” from someone who isn’t sure if a rock on the bottom of a pond is wet unless they reach in and touch it.
minus-squarecynthorpe@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoI’m not going to allow my eyes to become wet over someone who doesn’t understand that everything has been a joke.
Educated guessing.
So a person doesn’t have to be physically present and interacting with something in order to know the physical properties of it.
I think it might be wet somewhere. But I am not there, and I cannot know unless I am there to experience the essence of wetness.
I’m not going to put much faith into an argument on “what is wet” from someone who isn’t sure if a rock on the bottom of a pond is wet unless they reach in and touch it.
I’m not going to allow my eyes to become wet over someone who doesn’t understand that everything has been a joke.