RE: Atheism, A Grim Position?
January 6, 2015 at 2:16 pm
(This post was last modified: January 6, 2015 at 2:33 pm by *steve*.)
(January 6, 2015 at 1:36 pm)Esquilax Wrote: So, you're just going to ignore everything I've said to you in this thread, including the questions I've asked you and the requests for demonstration of your otherwise baseless assertions, in favor of just restating your original position, despite the fact that I've given you plenty of material on why you're wrong, and contentions that you'll need to address for your position to make any kind of justifiable sense?
That's what you're going for here, little more than a "nuh uh!"?
I'm not ignoring what you say. I just find a lot of it is not relevant to the fundamental issues I posed in the thread. It skirts the fundamental issue. I'm trying to cut to the chase. Doesn't seem to me you are addressing the fundamental issues I'm raising. For instance, do you think a thoroughgoing anarchist can make a valid, defensible, well reasoned, logically consistent argument that she is perfectly right to do just whatever she wants and it's fine even to completely eliminate constraints on all individuals? No matter what society thinks. Or even that "right" and "wrong" are merely illusionary constructs of those who want to formulate morality. If not, why not. My view is that without some ultimately foundational moral base, those arguments can be completely valid.
(January 6, 2015 at 2:07 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Don't forget about the "psi"!
That was in there. Dean Radin has an interesting book on that ( _Entangled Minds_ ), that seems to employ standard statistical analysis. I'm always a bit skeptical about this sort of stuff, and even a lot of "scientific conclusions" being popularized on the internet. People are people, and we all have our confirmation biases. Having said that, I've had a few "psi" experiences in my life that defy standard explanations. I've also seen some people sense and predict things that are just weirdly contrary to conventional wisdom.
