RE: Anyone here a Category 7?
August 25, 2018 at 2:12 pm
(This post was last modified: August 25, 2018 at 2:59 pm by vulcanlogician.)
(August 21, 2018 at 8:54 pm)Aegon Wrote:(August 21, 2018 at 9:46 am)vulcanlogician Wrote: I don't think it's a logical exemption. Nor is it "giving in." It's reasonable to approach unknowns with a skeptical attitude. Skepticism is neither denial nor belief, but suspension in between until solid evidence is provided.
Claiming certainty where there is insufficient evidence is for theists. I'd like to think we're better than that.
So you'd rank yourself as a 6 in regards to.... current existence of megladon sharks deep in the ocean, unicorns, the Loch Ness monster, etc?
I haven't given much thought to this scale until now though. I'm probably wrong.
Let me put it this way. When asked where I fall on the Dawkins scale, my answer is 6/7.
If someone were to make a similar scale where 1 = I think that the reality I've perceived all my life is 100% illusion and 7 = reality (as I know it) is 100% real, I'd be a 6/7 on that scale too.
I hope that answers the question. It has more to do with my approach to knowledge than it does my conceiving to exist gods, fairies, leprechauns, dragons, bigfoot or any other specific phenomena.
