Matt, your exploration of epistemic realism delves into one of the most fascinating intersections of philosophy and science: the nature of truth and belief. The distinction between perceiving reality and understanding its objective existence is elegantly framed here.

Your argument for trusting scientific discoveries as justified truths raises an intriguing question: how do we reconcile the provisional nature of scientific theories with the confidence required for epistemic realism? Does this tension itself serve as a strength of the scientific method?