Young Earth Creationism Vs. Science (Statler Waldorf Contd)

[rjh4 is back]

So you accept the premise is true?

I don't know if I would go that far. However, I won't argue against it.

Because I like beer and weed?

I'd been drinking with a mate for a few hours, had a few sessions, then came back and had a few more beers and sessions and did some stoned philosophy

That's one of the biggest reasons I like weed, I can continue to think about anything that I would be able to with seemingly no impediment and not often with markedly different conclusions (I blame the beers for my gaff above ).

I'll admit I sometimes forget what I was about to do when I'm stoned, but that's fairly rare, in any case it's minuscule relative to the effects of other things as 'acceptable' as pain medication or alcohol or even a bad diet.

I suppose you have some opinion?

I have an opinion on just about everything. In this case, I think getting drunk/stoned is a waste of one's time. But it is your time to do with what you will.

That is not true, methodological naturalism deliberately narrows down the scope of investigation to natural causes, that assumption is at the foundations of repeatability, testability, falsifiability etc. Non-natural claims are none of the above.

I don't think narrowing down the scope of investigation to natural causes necessarily means making an assumption of metaphysical naturalism. So while I agree with you that "methodological naturalism deliberately narrows down the scope of investigation to natural causes, that assumption is at the foundations of repeatability, testability, falsifiability etc. Non-natural claims are none of the above." and I do not have a problem with that, I still disagree that methodological naturalism requires an assumption of metaphysical naturalism as you first proposed.

I'm not sure how one would distinguish my position from yours, except possibly in the mindset of the scientist doing the work.

What position are you talking about here?

That methodological naturalism requires an assumption that nature behaves in a relatively consistent manner and not an assumption of metaphysical naturalism.