[MD] Science and the MOQ

[Krimel]

> [Platt]
> Whether a germ knows there's an independent reality or not is debatable
> since we don't know what it's like to be a germ. That a germ knows that 
> it's better for it to be in one place rather than another can be assumed 
> by its behavior.
> Similarly with an electron.
> 
> [Krimel]
> If we don't know what a germ knows maybe we ought to just talk about what 
> it does rather than making ass-u-me-tions about what it knows.
> Similarly with electrons.

[Platt]
Every form of knowledge rests on assumptions.

[Krimel}
This places a heavy burden on assumptions. So much so that I think the
burden of justifying the making of them rests on those urging the
assumption. In these situations what justifies your assumption? What does it
offer us?