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Testing a Hypothesis about the Supernatural
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RE: Testing a Hypothesis about the Supernatural
(April 11, 2018 at 10:24 am)SteveII Wrote:
(April 11, 2018 at 10:13 am)Mathilda Wrote: How come you can't test a hypothesis of the supernatural using natural tools yet you can observe it using your natural eyes and senses?

Or do you have supernatural eyes? Maybe even spidey-senses?

Sounds like special pleading to me.

I should have been clearer. You can observe and examine the effect of the supernatural. You cannot observe or examine the supernatural cause with natural tools.

How does the supernatural effect the natural yet cannot be detected by natural means?

Natural things are also observed by the effect they have on other natural things. Like for example, what photons are absorbed and emitted.

Sounds like special pleading to me.
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Testing a Hypothesis about the Supernatural - by Bahana - April 9, 2018 at 8:23 pm
RE: Testing a Hypothesis about the Supernatural - by I_am_not_mafia - April 11, 2018 at 10:37 am

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