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Would you be an atheist if science and reason wasn't supportive of atheism?
RE: Would you be an atheist if science and reason wasn't supportive of atheism?
(December 6, 2012 at 8:44 pm)Rhythm Wrote:
(December 6, 2012 at 6:26 pm)Vincenzo "Vinny" G. Wrote: How the fuck can it be improbable and certain at the same time you fuckwit?

The two are mutually exclusive. It can't be both. It's like saying the value of a constant is six and fifteen at the same time.
You mean like winning the lottery? They are not mutually exclusive, many improbable events are certainties. The post I'm responding to, for example. Hugely improbable, but simultaneously certain.

So something can have two mutually exclusive properties at the same time?

Ie, you're willing to violate a fundamental tenet of logic?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_noncontradiction

You gotta choose between the logical law of noncontradiction (which says something can't be improbable and certain simultaneously), and your understanding of probability calculus.

I suggest you drop your understanding of probability calculus.
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RE: Would you be an atheist if science and reason wasn't supportive of atheism? - by Vincenzo Vinny G. - December 7, 2012 at 12:34 am

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