[Junior]

You know, the whole "is reality real" thing was decent for picking up girls in college (it made them think you were deep), but it doesn't cut the mustard in the real world.

[Tares]

You know, the whole "is reality real" thing was decent for picking up girls in college (it made them think you were deep), but it doesn't cut the mustard in the real world.

It isn't a matter of "is reality real". It's a matter of ones standard of evidence in the quest for knowledge. Naturalists need to demonstrate that empiricism alone is somehow more "objective" than divine revelation. What empirical evidence can a naturalist put forth in support of the contention that there are observers in the universe other than oneself? Without it, naturalism cuts the mustard in exactly the same way as every other belief system: by faith.