(October 17, 2015 at 12:57 pm)Constable Dorfl Wrote: Oh, and the bs you later spout about there being other evidence than empirical evidence, that let me with an expression on my face of, well, dull suprise. Evidence by its very nature has to be empirical, because it has to be independently evaluated by persons or groups other than those offering it. And the only way we can ensure this quality is by demanding empirical standards for what is being presented as evidence.
So by empirical, are you not hypocritically begging the question just as the OP did?