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Originally Posted by Charbucks  Hypothesis: if I use the knife that is sitting on my desk to stab myself in the hand (with the pointy end) in 10 seconds time without modifying any part of myself or the knife, it will not hurt.
*stab*
Conclusion: It hurts.
Hypothesis has been disproven. |
How do you know whether it hurt? How can you *prove* it hurt? Perhaps you were hallunicating. Perhaps later you will discover that someone hypnotized you such that you would be convinced it hurt when it did not. What don't you know? And what don't you know about what you don't know?