(December 3, 2018 at 7:55 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote: You seem to be forgetting that they're -your- vampires, Max. You brought them up. Some of us are wondering why vampires aren't given the same credence that ghosts are, particularly in light of your explanation of what science could and couldn't study.
Ghosts got a pass, vampires were written off breathlessly, how, based upon the positions you've expressed?
Mentioning a supposed "creature" doesn't mean I believe it exists. I assume they don't exist, but maybe they do. We don't use the scientific method to make claims about vampires, goblins, and ghouls. The counter argument was that I must apply this equally to gravity because it may have a supernatural cause. My argument to that is "it doesn't matter" because you can't negate gravity when the effect of it is easily testable, observable, and repeatable in the natural world. It's also applied as a scientific law in the form of Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation. Unless Newton had law about vampires too, then no point making assumptions about testing them. Even if they do exist, they would be considered supernatural and not bound by natural/universal laws. Things like turning into bats, walking through walls, no reflection, and other such attributes would also be considered "supernatural."
And from that, it was determined I was being a big meanie who must lie about everything, and the other person proclaimed a "win" by default.
So yeah, there ya have it.
But hey, if the prize is a pet vampire monster, I say "No thanks."
