do not believe it; testify (or not). nothing can be known by 'being told': 1 . the 'universe' 'appears' as what it 'would be' if it could. 2 . any sufficiently advanced intelligence is indistinguishable from its absence. 3 . reason is the first victim of reasoning. 4 . the very ground of reason itself is indistinct from inherent, non-invented ethics. 5 . ...
the universe appears as what it would be if it could