(January 18, 2010 at 10:34 am)Tiberius Wrote: Sorry, but logic doesn't work like that. If an argument is based on an assumption you can't just say "well, until the assumption is proven, we'll assume it is true".
Two things (I seek learning here)
1. So how IS logic supposed to work??
2. The assuption that something is true is/has been used as a starting point for scientific investigation which has resulted in the assumtion in question either being validated or declared false.
(January 18, 2010 at 10:34 am)Tiberius Wrote: What you have to admit, is that science assumes materialism in order to work, and on that assumption the entirety of science stands. Assumptions aren't good places to stand upon...
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Why not?? They are used as a starting point for investigation are they not??
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
