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    Therefore, the claim conflates our ignorance of the answe... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→It is currently an open problem whether the second machine class properly extends the first machine class

    Therefore, the claim conflates our ignorance of the answer with the answer itself being genuinely unsettled in reality.

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    • 1.Epistemic states (what we know) are distinct from metaphysical states (how reality is). Conflating them commits a basic category error.
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    • 2.Many historical 'unsettled' questions were actually settled facts we simply didn't know yet. Our ignorance didn't make reality indeterminate.
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    • 3.If ignorance made things genuinely unsettled, the same fact would be both settled and unsettled depending on who knows it—absurd.
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    • 1.Some domains (quantum mechanics, consciousness) may lack determinate facts independent of observation, making the distinction less clear.
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    • 2.The claim assumes 'genuinely unsettled in reality' is coherent, but vague or indeterminate states might legitimately describe certain phenomena.
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    • 3.Pragmatically, treating something as unsettled (lacking current determination) differs from claiming ignorance—they serve different functions.
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