I was reading one of fr0d0's posts yesterday when I realised something that I briefly mentioned, but I think it got lost in the fracas with Zoso.
What I realised is that his position (there is evidence for his god, but it can't be "seen" using the scientific method) is reminiscent of the story of The Emporor's New Clothes. i'll go through the story and bracket how I think it applies:
Emperor: I'd like some new clothes please
(Show me some evidence)
Clothesmaker: There you are *gives clothes*
(There you are *offers evidence*)
E: What? These aren't clothes, there's nothing there, I can't see anything!
(This isn't evidence. It doesn't stand up to the rigours of the scientific method)
C: Well of course you can't see them, they're special clothes. No-one can bsee them
(Of course it doesn't. This is special evidence. The scientific method doesn't apply to it)
E: *Puts 'invisible' clothes on*
.....
Thoughts?
What I realised is that his position (there is evidence for his god, but it can't be "seen" using the scientific method) is reminiscent of the story of The Emporor's New Clothes. i'll go through the story and bracket how I think it applies:
Emperor: I'd like some new clothes please
(Show me some evidence)
Clothesmaker: There you are *gives clothes*
(There you are *offers evidence*)
E: What? These aren't clothes, there's nothing there, I can't see anything!
(This isn't evidence. It doesn't stand up to the rigours of the scientific method)
C: Well of course you can't see them, they're special clothes. No-one can bsee them
(Of course it doesn't. This is special evidence. The scientific method doesn't apply to it)
E: *Puts 'invisible' clothes on*
.....
Thoughts?
Galileo was a man of science oppressed by the irrational and superstitious. Today, he is used by the irrational and superstitious who claim they are being oppressed by science - Mark Crislip
