A question regarding proof

[Fred]

Ahahaha, this guy is mental.

Heh. Yup. Seems so. Wish I had some company. It's lonely being mental in a sea of emotional froth.

No, your dream pony doesn't exist.

This is no small point, depending how you mean this, as we will see if we can get past this phase of name-calling dodge ball.

But dreams do exist

This is interesting. Dreams exist, but my dream pony doesn't exist? How does that work, exactly?

and people dream about all sorts of things, including ponies.

Really? How do you know? You say this as if it's obvious, yet what evidence can you point to that nails it down besides their saying so? Fact is, you don't have evidence, so by definition you have taken it on faith.

You don't trust anyone who says they had a dream about a pony? You are a genuine nutcase if that's true.

Actually, I have no problem trusting someone who says they had a dream about a pony. Now here's the funny part, ED. You are happy to label me as crazy for holding such a view. Problem is, I don't hold that view. Rhythm does. See, all doing here is walking out Rhythm's pov, as expressed in another response to me:

"When I ask for evidence (and obviously base my entire world view upon evidence) ...whats the correlation to religion?"

"What we know is what can be demonstrated, end of."

So if you think it crazy to adhere to the materialist stance as specifically stated by Rhythm, so be it. But if so, it's the stance you find crazy, not me. I agree with you all the way, and even better, I can demonstrate that the stance is crazy. And the beauty of it is, it's eminently falsifiable right here on the page based upon logic and reason, the very tools you guys say you value above all else.

The true Brights around here ought to be interested in seeing if this is so or not and would encourage a fair hearing of the thesis based upon an open examination of the evidence.

That's the way science works. Or is supposed to, anyway. The dimmer bulbs who will have none of that "dispassionate analysis" foolishness, will have to stick to the name calling and other dodges employed by those whose faith is challenged.

You're free to choose which pile you want to be in. You willing to look into the telescope or not?