RE: The real religion?
August 8, 2016 at 2:23 am
(This post was last modified: August 8, 2016 at 2:25 am by robvalue.)
Thank you, I'm glad you like my video
Science is based on pragmatic assumptions, you are correct. They are however usually either necessary or self correcting. In the first case, it's preferable to see what we think we can learn, rather than abandoning any pursuit of knowledge due to lack of absolute certainty. This isn't the same as making unnecessary assumptions, especially when our conclusion is simply those assumptions restated.
As for the beginnings of our reality, science has not been able to answer this question. Things appear to approach a singularity, but it's not been confirmed that this is actually the case. And applying evidence about what happens inside our reality to reality itself is called the fallacy of composition. The whole does not necessarily share any qualities of its parts.
There is no evidence that a creator was involved. There is no evidence that it was not. It's pure speculation, both ways. It's not sensible to begin with one unfounded assumption like "god" and expect people to prove you wrong; that's the argument from ignorance.
I have another video which I think addresses all this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inw1fNItjdU
Science is based on pragmatic assumptions, you are correct. They are however usually either necessary or self correcting. In the first case, it's preferable to see what we think we can learn, rather than abandoning any pursuit of knowledge due to lack of absolute certainty. This isn't the same as making unnecessary assumptions, especially when our conclusion is simply those assumptions restated.
As for the beginnings of our reality, science has not been able to answer this question. Things appear to approach a singularity, but it's not been confirmed that this is actually the case. And applying evidence about what happens inside our reality to reality itself is called the fallacy of composition. The whole does not necessarily share any qualities of its parts.
There is no evidence that a creator was involved. There is no evidence that it was not. It's pure speculation, both ways. It's not sensible to begin with one unfounded assumption like "god" and expect people to prove you wrong; that's the argument from ignorance.
I have another video which I think addresses all this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inw1fNItjdU
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