(November 4, 2014 at 5:26 am)pocaracas Wrote: I think you're mixing belief with reality. Yes, in reality either the cake exists or it doesn't.
However, my belief over the existence of the cake has more than two states.
I'll give you an example straight out of Quantum mechanics.
This gives rise to the many worlds hypothesis to prevent the violation of the 1st law. Most quantum physicists believe when the wave function collapses into what we observe, all other possible variations also collapse into a definite reality in another quantum world. So every superposition is a reality waiting to be observed. Not just a possibility
You either believe there is an invisible pink unicorn in the box with schrodinger's cat or you don't believe it. If you don't believe there is a invisible pink unicorn in the box, you must believe (not know) there is not a invisible pink unicorn in the box with the cat
Remember, we are not taking about what we know reality is, or what will eventually be proven reality, we are talking about what you believe reality is
And if you don't believe reality is X, you must believe (not know) reality is not X. If you believe there is any chance God could be a reality, then being an atheist is illogical, your better off remaining undecided (or agnostic). If you do not believe God exists, then have some intestinal fortitude and admit you believe God does not exist because that is the logical extension what your position is