(April 11, 2025 at 1:38 pm)Drew_2013 Wrote:(April 11, 2025 at 12:27 pm)Sheldon Wrote: Perhaps I must share some culpability, for asking 7 questions, lets try one at a time, see if that helps simplify things for him.
@Drew_2013
What is your criteria for disbelief? What I mean is, why do you disbelieve something, rather than believe it?
Is this an official interrogation? Should I put a bright spot light on myself while I answer? Can I take the 5th?
What's your take on the question?
I can't make a blanket answer except on a case by case basis. I disbelieve UFO's are from another planet or galaxy because the distances are so far. A disbelief is no different than a belief...its an opinion. I could be wrong and aliens maybe so far advanced that they have technology that would make us blush. The available evidence is (my opinion) is too weak to justify the belief they come from other planets.
I hope I passed the audition!
That wasn’t the question, though, was it? I think Sheldon was asking what, if anything, is your standard for disbelieve generally. If you don’t have such a standard, that’s fine, but it makes any argument regarding your beliefs inherently weak.
Boru
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