How can we be sure...?
How can we be sure there is a god or that we are not just a figment of our imaginations?
Of course we can never be sure.
It is a leap of faith. ...
Greg, last time I checked there still are only 4 distinct possibilities for the existence of the universe.
1. It's always been there.
2. It came from nothing.
3. It doesn't really exist and is just a figment of our imagination.
4. Something or someone infinitely more powerful and outside of the universe created it.
Since this thread is not about religious or metaphysical matters, I'll just say that the answer cannot be #3 because we can predict with great accuracy future events such as the seasons, solstices, Haley's comet, eclipses, the Chiefs winning the Super Bowl, etc.
Ok, one more. It cannot be #2 because from nothing nothing comes. Thus leaving only #1 and #2 as distinct possibilities.
Ok, just one more hint. Let's say Mike Lavigne had a new visitor in his listening room and the visitor exclaimed, "Wow!!! What a beautiful playback system and the sound is to die for. Who made this beautifully intricate playback system?" and Mike responded, "Nobody."
But I think the point to consider here is that such things do not necessarily require a leap of faith. Some things can be deduced with logic, experience, understanding, experimentation, performing due diligence, etc. In fact and to the contrary, too many time I find what the science-minded types have to say in audio and elsewhere requires too much faith for me to muster.
