RE: Non-existence
August 6, 2009 at 7:31 am
(This post was last modified: August 6, 2009 at 7:35 am by Ryft.)
(August 6, 2009 at 7:12 am)Kyuuketsuki Wrote: In other words, to accept as valid any explanation outside of the base assumption we require evidence ...
Kyuuketsuki, your responses persistently miss the eviscerating horns of Dagda's fantastic point; namely, empirical equivalence. The crucial point is that scientific evidence would be exactly the same under either view; ergo, scientific evidence is incapable of serving as criteria on this particular question. A posteriori heuristic devices are impotent on the issue. So, how does one solve for empirical equivalence?
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when
called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
(Oscar Wilde)
called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
(Oscar Wilde)