(April 11, 2025 at 1:50 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:What's yours?(April 11, 2025 at 1:38 pm)Drew_2013 Wrote: 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
About the highest level of certainty we can have is a scientifically established claims that pass the rigors of critique and repeatable experiments that confirm the hypothesis. Unfortunately not all theories can be so tested.
The second level is evidence beyond a reasonable doubt. It doesn't mean all doubt is erased but reasonable doubt is.
The third level is a simple preponderance of evidence. In the mind of the beholder there is more evidence in favor of one claim than against it. Or there is more evidence that disfavors the claim than for it.
Evidence are facts that make a claim more or less probable.
