Is it reasonable to believe in the Multiverse?
Note, the question here is not whether you think it is true that the Multiverse exists, but simply whether such a belief is reasonable or not.
Is it reasonable to believe in the Multiverse?
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Re: Is it reasonable to believe in the Multiverse?
Post #101Agreed!
Sure, and this is the point at which everyone who raises this objection points to Galileo.
But, before we get to that, let me give you as a counter-example the untold thousands of people today who believe all kinds of crazy nonsense and conspiracy theories because they "did their own research" on the Internet thinking they were smarter than the consensus of experts.
We as non-experts should always follow the consensus of experts, not because the consensus is always right (it isn't), but because it is more likely to be right than if we just strike out on our own, as we are far more likely to get things wrong, being non-experts and all.
If that "one" is just some farmer or mason, then, yes, they have no good reason to think Galileo is right and the other astronomers of their day are wrong.
But experts should always be open to new ideas. If Galileo has good arguments and evidence, then he (or his successors) may be able to sway the other experts, thereby changing the consensus -- which is what happened, of course.
At that point, our farmer and mason should change their views to match the consensus. Unless they know better, right?
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Re: Is it reasonable to believe in the Multiverse?
Post #102[Replying to historia in post #1]
It can be reasonable, depending on one's reason for believing in it.
It can be reasonable, depending on one's reason for believing in it.