RE: The main reason I'm an atheist
March 23, 2016 at 9:33 am
(This post was last modified: March 23, 2016 at 9:36 am by robvalue.)
Appeal to popularity fallacy.
Out of the people you just listed, yeah. I'm not claiming to be the only person in the world who doesn't talk rubbish.
You're committing two very severe errors:
1) You assume that what someone has experienced is "real", without any form of verification
2) Further, you assume that their interpretation, assessment and memory of the experience is accurate
If you care about reality, you should hold your own experiences (and testimony of others) to higher standards. If you just assume both of the above when an extraordinary anecdote lines up with your beliefs, you are gullible.
Out of the people you just listed, yeah. I'm not claiming to be the only person in the world who doesn't talk rubbish.
You're committing two very severe errors:
1) You assume that what someone has experienced is "real", without any form of verification
2) Further, you assume that their interpretation, assessment and memory of the experience is accurate
If you care about reality, you should hold your own experiences (and testimony of others) to higher standards. If you just assume both of the above when an extraordinary anecdote lines up with your beliefs, you are gullible.
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