RE: Is There a Difference Between Trusting Scientists and Trusting Preachers?
July 14, 2016 at 1:02 pm
(This post was last modified: July 14, 2016 at 1:08 pm by robvalue.)
"It's reasonable to believe X because you can't prove X wrong" is the argument from ignorance. A logical fallacy. It's not a sensible position for anyone trying to be scientific to take. Someone would only take it with a conclusion they want to be true. Why else why you start from a specific conclusion and work backwards?
Just saying "You can't prove X to be wrong" is simply observing it's (currently) unfalsifiable. Science doesn't deal with such useless claims.
https://youtu.be/BzxMXzdaxtI
Just saying "You can't prove X to be wrong" is simply observing it's (currently) unfalsifiable. Science doesn't deal with such useless claims.
https://youtu.be/BzxMXzdaxtI
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