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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 6:26 pm)Vincenzo "Vinny" G. Wrote: How the fuck can it be improbable and certain at the same time you fuckwit?
Jesus fucking wept; are you being deliberately stupid to try & avoid conceding? I never claimed that they were 'improbable and certain at the same time'. You don't even seem to understand the construction of your own example! Let me walk you through it:

Statement 1:
Quote:Improbable event: My cup of coffee floating up towards the ceiling at 6:30 pm
This is the prediction; the implication is that its probability must be stated prior to the deadline of 6:30. For the sake of this exercise, we're classifying this event as arbitrarily 'improbable' (the actual probability is irrelevant).

Statement 2:
Quote:Rhythm claims the event becomes a certainty at 6:30 pm 1:1
This is the event actually occurring. It's not a prediction but factual data. We know that the event has occurred because it's stated that it has become a certainty with a probability of 1:1. It would be impossible to make those statements without recording factual data which demonstrates that the event has occurred.

Statement 3:
Quote:6:31 pm, a 1:1 event, predicted to be inevitable, has not taken place
This statement is erroneous if predicated on the previous 2. The event has happened. That was made explicit in Statement 2 by the qualifier "the event becomes a certainty at 6:30 pm 1:1"

It's your example with your definitions and you can't even draw a sensible conclusion from it. And you dare to call me a fuckwit on that basis?

In this thread, you've been disingenuous, intellectually dishonest and stubborn beyond the point of being proven wrong.
Sum ergo sum
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RE: Would you be an atheist if science and reason wasn't supportive of atheism? - by Ben Davis - December 7, 2012 at 7:34 am

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