[MD] Flying Spagetti Monsters

[ARLO J BENSINGER JR]

[dmb]
I disagree. Its seems to me that animals and objects can only be observed  but
this is not the case when it comes to other humans. If I want to find  out
what's going on "inside" Case's mind all I have to do is ask.

[Arlo]
My turn to notice disagreement between us. And that is, if "asking" is the only
way we have to realize other organisms like us have "an inside". Consider, when
the first Europeans (Vikings, I believe) landed on the shores of North America,
they encountered animals that appeared to be "like them" but they had no way of
"asking" anything. If you, assuming you don't speak Inuit, found yourself
suddenly (let's say a plane crash a-la Lost) alone among a tribe of Inuit, on
what basis would you conclude that they have anything going on in their heads?
Or, take it a step further, let's say that plane crashed in central Australia,
and you found yourself hiding in the bush observing some Aboriginals. Is there
no way that you could infer from observation that these organisms had an inside
cognizance? And for a final, "out there" hypothetical, consider if a "UFO"
crashed into a lot nearby your home. The occupants were killed, but you find
their bodies among the wreckage. Would you or wouldn't you be able to infer
they had a "reality" apart from human cognition?