(August 5, 2009 at 7:41 am)dagda Wrote: [quote='Rhizomorph13' pid='24509' dateline='1249276297']That is not how it works, I am afraid. You are the one trying to prove something (e.g. world is real). I am saying that this idea is wrong. What the 'alternative' hypothesis could be, I do not know. Now, ask yourself, if we happened to be talking about God, would you let me away with the above statement? I do not think there are many atheists on this forum that would let it pass. As they say, the burden of proof is on you because you are bringing forward a theory, I am only disagreeing with it by highlighting its flaws.
Actually how it works is that we assume the world (everything we can see or otherwise detect/interpret) is real and that any claim that it is not is one that must be supported but, as I said above, if you really believe that you could step out in front of a fast moving lorry and test the "theory"!
Kyu
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