(September 1, 2012 at 5:47 pm)Atom Wrote: No conspiracy is involved, methodological naturalism is one of the philosophical assumptions used for most scientific inquiry. You can read about it here.
Atom, do you know what they call a supernatural phenomena that has been proven to be real and can be inspected by science?
They call it "natural".
If ghosts were real, we have Dr. Venkmen style gadgets that could detect ectoplasmic readings to sense if ghosts were nearby. There would be an entire scientific field devoted to the study of ghosts. Ditto for faeries, ditto for magical spells, ditto for anything else.
Why?
Because if it can be shown to really exist, it can be studied.
If it can be studied, it can be understood.
If it can be understood, it can be explained.
If it can be explained, TA DA, it's natural.
See the "placebo effect" for something that sounds like woo but is real and studied by medical science.
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
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