Note: This blog post has been retracted, since I no longer think of it as a good representation of how I think about its topic. I may, or may not, have written a better post about the same topic since; check the full list of posts.
What is obvious should never be denied or doubted. No good has ever come from doing so and no good ever will.
When Parmenides came to the conclusion that motion does not exist, this should have been a reason for him to stop and think about where he made a mistake.
When Descartes made a method out of doubting everything, he created the largest amount of errors that have ever been made at once in philosophy.
Anyone who doubts or denies the obvious is not thinking seriously, and the doubt or denial should not be taken seriously. Only confusion, error and disaster can come from doing so.
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