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		soiltype 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: You are the scariest monster in the woods It is completely unreasonable to assume our intelligence was not evolved, even if we acknowledge that an untestable magical process could be responsible. If the latter is true, it's not something we could ever actually know.

lurk2 3 months ago [–]

> If the latter is true, it's not something we could ever actually know.

That doesn’t follow.

soiltype 89 days ago | [–]

It follows by definition. If the magic, spirit, or god were testable, it becomes a part of scientific theory.

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