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Originally Posted by idi banashapan
the examples you have given here (the Earth is flat and the Sun is the centre of the universe) were conclusions drawn without any viable, repeatable or observable studies being done. they were belief systems not based on any facts - they were just beliefs, because they had nothing else, no way to prove or disprove, but still questioned their surroundings and purpose. The fact (if I may use that word) that the brain ceases to function (and as such, so does the consciousness it harbours) under certain, repeatable and observable conditions holds far more weight.
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Might I point out that those were considered facts until they were proven wrong. They may well have been based on observations, but those observations would have been made with the limited technology of the time. After all, unless you go up thousands of feet, the earth looks flat.
We improved on that technology and we were able to observe that the earth is not flat.
The observations we make are still limited by the technology available. The technology will be improved and we will, in some areas re-evaluate what we know based on new observations.