(December 30, 2019 at 10:54 pm)Lek Wrote: If I had advanced stage cancer and it suddenly disappeared or went into remission, how could it be proven to be from natural, rather than supernatural causes?
If natural science was unable to determine the cause, what method could I use to determine if the origin or cause of these was supernatural? Should I pursue other avenues or rely on science to eventually come up with an answer?
The supernatural is a useless and illogical concept because it is inherently non-falsifiable.
There is NO method you can use to prove OR disprove the supernatural, in the technical, philosophical sense.
However you can demonstrate that supernatural explanations are far less likely to be correct, compared to natural explanations, in any given scenario.
Also, there's a false dichotomy hiding here; it isn't just a choice between two possible explanations, regardless how likely or unlikely they may be. Another option is to just admit you don't know and need more information to make a choice.
There are other choices, too. Once in awhile, someone's immune system manages to vanquish cancer on its own. Once in awhile, cancer is misdiagnosed. Once in awhile, cancer goes into remission and reappears later. And so forth.
Finally there is Occam's Razor. Edge cases are adequately explained by natural means. No supernatural deux ex machina is required.
