(May 12, 2025 at 12:13 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:Indeed, and globally 1.2 billion wouldn't even cover the Catholics, this is assuming he was only talking about Christians alive today of course, and that wasn't at all clear to me, but perhaps plucking stats about billions out of thin air, from one anecdotal chat with a couple, who by his own admission had "not given their believes any thought" (priceless by the way), is something the finer university philosophy departments teach? Along with John knowing what most psychologists know, and all statisticians think, right off the cuff.(May 12, 2025 at 10:44 am)John 6IX Breezy Wrote: It was certainly clear to me that Bel wasn't making any formal statistical inference—he is allowed to suspect.
Sure, he's free to "suspect". And I'm free to point out how stupid it is to "suspect" anything about 1.2 billion others based upon talking to two -- count 'em, two! -- of them.
What's most disappointing is that not once has anyone cited Aristotle.
