RE: the god created science argument
September 18, 2011 at 11:08 am
(This post was last modified: September 18, 2011 at 11:12 am by Ace Otana.)
Absalutely. Ockham's or if you will Occam's (two ways of spelling it) should always be applied.
"The simplest explanation for some phenomenon is more likely to be accurate than more complicated explanations." In this case, the simplest explanation is that you're mistaken.
Stick to the simplest till there is evidence for the more complex.
Opt for the explanation requiring the fewest assumptions.
"We could still imagine that there is a set of laws that determines events completely for some supernatural being, who could observe the present state of the universe without disturbing it. However, it seems better to employ the principle known as Occam's razor and cut out all the features of the theory for which cannot be observed."
"The simplest explanation for some phenomenon is more likely to be accurate than more complicated explanations." In this case, the simplest explanation is that you're mistaken.
Stick to the simplest till there is evidence for the more complex.
Opt for the explanation requiring the fewest assumptions.
"We could still imagine that there is a set of laws that determines events completely for some supernatural being, who could observe the present state of the universe without disturbing it. However, it seems better to employ the principle known as Occam's razor and cut out all the features of the theory for which cannot be observed."
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
