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The point is, it is unstable if it's wrong. Almost all "knowledge" is a simplification of reality anyway, so it still holds even if it's more right than wrong.



Philosophically, all knowledge has the Agrippa/Münchhausen trilemma: everything must ultimately rely on itself (circular reasoning), infinite regression (which can’t be fully enumerated), or assertions that are not further justified (dogmatism).




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