[UA] Epistomology

[Nick Wedig]

>Speaking of epistomology (that is, the branch of philosophy that deals with
>how we know what we know) I once wrote a SF story about a first encounter
>between humans and an alien race who looked remarkably like giant box-elder
>bugs.  These aliens had all kinds of funky powers -- instantaneous
>teleportation, gravity defiance, truly trippy stuff.  After thirty years,
>we finally get to the point where we can converse with them.  We want to
>know how they can teleport interstellar distances.
>
>They want to know how we can make buildings.

Couple of stories like that in a philosophy text I had in college.

Generally, I think the same is more or less true of adepts in UA (or else I would have stopped responding to the topic rather early).  Their very basic philosophic foundations could be completely different than those of ordinary people, so much that they can convince the world it works that way too.

Mr. teapot
is gonna stop anyway

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