(September 8, 2014 at 5:48 pm)Michael Wrote: It still sounds like an atheist position StealthySkeptic. And I have no problem with someone taking that starting position. I just think that there is some underlying, and covert, bias going on when it is considered the neutral position. The good thing about Bayesian thought is you just say openly 'this is my starting position' with no need to try and assert that it is privileged in some way.
True, it is a position that sounds like atheism. But that's not the point of the OTF- the point of the OTF is to make sure that you have unbiased evidence for believing in something by approaching that from a non religious and therefore neutral in relation to all religions position.
Luke: You don't believe in the Force, do you?
Han Solo: Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, and I've seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen *anything* to make me believe that there's one all-powerful Force controlling everything. 'Cause no mystical energy field controls *my* destiny. It's all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense.
Han Solo: Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, and I've seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen *anything* to make me believe that there's one all-powerful Force controlling everything. 'Cause no mystical energy field controls *my* destiny. It's all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense.
