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A forum member recently shared the Carl Sagan quote,

extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence and quote. Sagan is credited with popularizing

that slight rephrasing of an older quote by Marcello Truzzi quote, extraordinary claims require

extraordinary proof and quote. These quotes assume an objective universe, which is a rather

biased way of looking at reality and not particularly accurate. In my opinion, this viewpoint is

misleading at best because it assumes that claims about reality are observed rather than created.

What is proof? Anyway, proof or evidence is an artifact of viewing reality through

in objective lens. However, proof is not a facet of actual reality. Reality just is. It does not

need to be proven. Reality is secure enough in its own existence that it doesn't care whether some

being proves or disproves what it is or provides evidence to support one theory or another.

If you think reality cares about proof, you could also say it derives a sick satisfaction from

all the false evidence that's been tendered in its name over the last few millennia. Instead of proof,

what we really want is truth and a good first truth to accept is that it's only the squishy,

lens-pearing beings that require proof, which is actually subjective experience.

Experience versus proof. Since you cannot prove that objective reality actually exists,

any proof you attempt to stack upon that assumption is merely a house of cards. You can get some

mileage out of that approach, but the whole stack always remains in doubt. You can never feel

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