Ball Python Uses Small Hide. Is She Stupid?

[Malum Argenteum]

I have no reason to believe reality is real, or that any measurements are reflective of anything. These measurements are just models, and the model is an abstract concept, rather than something actually tied to physical existence. I often act as if models are accurate, but I do not believe they actually are. Insofar as science defines a model and says "look in this model things are this way," I could be said to believe it. That means nothing though, because I only believe it within the context of its own definitions.

Logic is the same thing. It's true within the context of its own definitions. Most people's model of reality seems to follow basic logical axioms, but I see no reason to believe that has anything to do with what's really going on.

Oh, I understand. A completely non-realist conception isn't completely bonkers (though your outline of it above is, since it isn't fundamentally coherent). It is, though, not appropriate to trot out in a discussion about snake care (whereas the 'I don't believe in science' claim that the rest of us thought you were implying is appropriate, sort of). The reason it isn't appropriate is it doesn't link to anything we're talking about here (since whether or not the snake exists in metaphysical reality doesn't affect care recommendations one way or the other), and makes people who are trying to help waste time (like I apparently did in my lengthy post). If it doesn't matter at all, and undermines what others are doing here, then it isn't appropriate.