(September 2, 2016 at 2:51 am)robvalue Wrote:(September 1, 2016 at 7:15 pm)wiploc Wrote: What makes an uncaused first member more possible than an infinite regress?
Exactly, yes. People like to assert, "There can't be an infinite regress."
Why not? Because you say so? Because it doesn't make sense to you?"
The best they can do is extrapolate from local observations into the unknown, which is unrealiable, and then they commit the fallacy of composition as they try and apply it to reality itself.
It shows some people cannot accept the limits of our investigation.
Apologies for the redundant post; I just saw this. I am still curious to hear Chad's thoughts though.
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”
Wiser words were never spoken.
Wiser words were never spoken.