RE: Evidence for a god. Do you have any ?
January 7, 2019 at 7:02 pm
(This post was last modified: January 7, 2019 at 7:07 pm by Peebothuhlu.)
(January 7, 2019 at 12:38 pm)T0 Th3 M4X Wrote: I don't want to sound insulting here, but have you heard of the all-or-nothing fallacy? It's assuming that one thing has to go one way or another. Two options, and nothing else. I would suggest that it varies. Often when you do a study, there is a mathematical value given to explain the relationship, and to what degree we believe that value can be applied to real world conditions. I'm sure you've heard of the terms "reliability" and "validity." I'm most cases, nobody is going to come up with 100 percent certainty that there can't be more, or even less.
I don't have a set standard for something to be "Right" by myself, and even if I did, it would likely only be relevant to me since I would be the determining factor. Scientifically though, we use epistemology. It's the study of how we know things. Of course even that is not fully agreed upon among those in the scientific community. It's okay though, because we're allowed to get things wrong. Sometimes it's the errors that lead us to the next great fact.
But just for the sake of trying to answer your question. The error also exists as a fact. "If I do it this way, I'm not going to get the right result." It's just not the fact I had hoped to find, but it brings me one step closer by being able to rule out one thing that wasn't significant to the matter at hand.
When is something right by you?
Nope, haven't heard that one. Thank'e.
Soooo... lots of words again. Lots of exposition.
For me?
Something is right when the information/explanation is 'Good enough'.
Or, when reality is 'Right there'.
My experiances and the things I've taken in over a good amount of years all matches up and seems pretty integated (The right word will come to me when I'm no where near a keyboard)
Of course the "But, how do you trust your senses?" question might ear its ugly head.
To which I reply, "I don't."
I know my senses are damaged/below par. We've enough history of what at what level a human's sensors operate to have a base line. Mine aren't at that line/level.
It's a bugger, in'it?
Now... we'll possibly roll back to "But... How do you 'Think' about thw world?" (Again, the correct term eludes my addled brain/mind)
To which... I haven't got a good descriptor yet. I, know little to nothing of the realm of phylosophy hence a label such as 'Nihlist' or 'Realist' or 'Fredist' and such are just that to me.
Words with little to meaning that I fully understand or comprehend.
Do I think reality is 'Real'? Yes.
To which will point and decry 'circular' something or other to do with reasoning.
Uhm... that's not a statement of 'reasoning'. That is simply a single, stand alone question followed by as short and concise andwer as I can give.
Unfortunately, my current time is short and my ramblings must come to a halt for now.
Untill we post again.
Not at work.