(January 24, 2016 at 11:37 am)Cato Wrote:(January 24, 2016 at 6:23 am)phil-lndn Wrote: Do you not think that perhaps a rational thinker would have asked me what evidence I had to support the theory?
No. The point of my reply wasn't discovery. Much of your criticism hinges on what you deem are unsubstantiated claims, yet you engage in the same practice. Is holding and practicing a double standard rational?
Yes it is fully rational, all claims are unsubstantiated in an absolute sense because logic is axiomatic.
Where I hope to differ from Christopher is (a) I hope I'm not over-extending myself by making "we can be as sure as we can probably need be" type truth claims about a situation that existed on the other side of the big bang singularity, and (b) I'm here available to answer your questions about what I have written. If I wasn't here, and I posted something whose givens you could not accept and did not remain to answer your questions, your criticism of my writing would be valid.
