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Testing a Hypothesis about the Supernatural

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Testing a Hypothesis about the Supernatural
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RE: Testing a Hypothesis about the Supernatural
April 11, 2018 at 10:24 am
(April 11, 2018 at 10:13 am)Mathilda Wrote:
(April 10, 2018 at 10:53 am)SteveII Wrote: A few things wrong with this. 

1. You are making a category error. You cannot test the hypothesis of the supernatural with natural tools. You can observe the supernatural. You can infer the supernatural. You cannot apply a scientific test to the supernatural. 

How come you can't test a hypothesis of the supernatural using natural tools yet you can observe it using your natural eyes and senses?

Or do you have supernatural eyes? Maybe even spidey-senses?

Sounds like special pleading to me.

I should have been clearer. You can observe and examine the effect of the supernatural. You cannot observe or examine the supernatural cause with natural tools.
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Testing a Hypothesis about the Supernatural - by Bahana - April 9, 2018 at 8:23 pm
RE: Testing a Hypothesis about the Supernatural - by SteveII - April 11, 2018 at 10:24 am

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