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submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"Just look at it". Visual proofs are not proofs. They're demonstrations. For a species that is so easily fooled by things we see, visualization cannot be taken as rigorous proof.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hmm can you prove that

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Optical illusions?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

... are visual and therefore no proof.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Optical illusions aren't real

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Are birds optical illusions?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

No, they're government drones