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Where's the contradiction? Are you saying that "not being able to trust your thoughts" implies that materialism is false?

> This article was written by someone with very poor philosophical training.

Strange to throw shade on the author when your position is that an idea that's been taken seriously by philosophers for 2000+ years is obviously contradictory. Maybe some humility is in order?

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Materialism is a self-defeating worldview because its implications are that you cannot trust it.

The whole purpose of a worldview is to be able to trust it as one trust one's own eyes - because a good mental model of reality affects how one acts and moves around the world.

If the worldview implies a contradiction it is not a worthwhile worldview to hold, because you know it to be logically false like any other set of statements that lead to a contradiction.

Except you did not demonstrate any contradiction.

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