RE: Do Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence?
August 4, 2017 at 2:50 pm
(This post was last modified: August 4, 2017 at 2:51 pm by downbeatplumb.)
(August 4, 2017 at 8:13 am)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Assuming that one is not biased to automatically rule out supernatural causes, is there anything wrong with tentatively accepting them until a reasonable natural cause is posited? Or is something only considered explained if attributed to some visible efficient cause?
This.
(August 4, 2017 at 2:08 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:(August 4, 2017 at 1:38 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Are quakers gods? No, they are not. So, it was the ideas of men that changed our ideas of prison. OFC, the quakers aren't around any more, and we continue to refine our model. Penitentiaries may soon become relics, as the quakers became relics...on account of being well meaning but mistaken adventures in correction. Kind of like the quakers, when you think about it.
What was the point of that?
There are still Quakers. My brother in law is one. The US would be a better place if there were more, I think.
There would certainly be more cereals.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
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